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This file describes changes relevant to all users that are made in each
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released version of restic from the perspective of the user.
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Important Changes in 0.X.Y
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* We've added an official docker image and a Dockerfile to build this image in
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`docker/`.
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/1061
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* The git repository layout was changed to resemble the layout typically used
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in Go projects, we're not using `gb` for building restic any more and
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vendoring the dependencies is now taken care of by `dep`.
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/1126
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* We now support saving backups on Google Cloud Storage.
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/1134
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/1052
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https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/211
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* We've added support for Microsoft Azure Blob Storage as a restic backend.
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/1149
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/1059
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https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/609
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* In the course of supporting Microsoft Azure Blobe Storage Go 1.8 is now a
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requirement to build restic.
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Small changes
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* The `key` command now prompts for a password even if the original password
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to access a repo has been specified via the `RESTIC_PASSWORD` environment
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variable or a password file.
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https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1132
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/1133
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* Properly report errors when reading files with exclude patterns.
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/1144
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* We now automatically generate man pages for all restic commands, see the
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subdir `doc/man`.
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https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/697
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/1147
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Important Changes in 0.7.1
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* The `migrate` command for chaning the `s3legacy` layout to the `default`
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layout for s3 backends has been improved: It can now be restarted with
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`restic migrate --force s3_layout` and automatically retries operations on
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error.
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https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1073
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/1075
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Small changes
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* The local and sftp backends now create the subdirs below `data/` on
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open/init. This way, restic makes sure that they always exist. This is
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connected to an issue for the sftp server:
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https://github.com/restic/rest-server/pull/11#issuecomment-309879710
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https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1055
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/1077
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/1105
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* When no S3 credentials are specified in the environment variables, restic
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now tries to load credentials from an IAM instance profile when the s3
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backend is used.
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https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1067
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/1086
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* On Darwin and FreeBSD, restic now prints stats when SIGINFO is received
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(usually when ctrl+t is pressed).
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/1082
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* The dependencies have been updated.
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/1108
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/1124
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* A bug was found (and corrected) in the index rebuilding after prune, which
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led to indexes which include blobs that were not present in the repo any
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more. There were already checks in place which detected this situation and
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aborted with an error message. A new run of either `prune` or
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`rebuild-index` corrected the index files. This is now fixed and a test has
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been added to detect this.
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/1115
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* Errors for chmod() on Unix for filesystems which do not support it (e.g. smb
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mounted via gvfs) are now ignored.
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/1080
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/1112
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* The semantic for the `--tags` option to `forget` and `snapshots` was
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clarified:
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https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1081
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/1090
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Important Changes in 0.7.0
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* New "swift" backend: A new backend for the OpenStack Swift cloud storage
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protocol has been added, https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Swift
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/975
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/648
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* New "b2" backend: A new backend for Backblaze B2 cloud storage
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service has been added, https://www.backblaze.com
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https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/512
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/978
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* Improved performance for the `find` command: Restic recognizes paths it has
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already checked for the files in question, so the number of backend requests
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is reduced a lot.
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https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/989
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/993
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* Improved performance for the fuse mount: Listing directories which contain
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large files now is significantly faster.
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/998
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* The default layout for the s3 backend is now `default` (instead of
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`s3legacy`). Also, there's a new `migrate` command to convert an existing
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repo, it can be run like this: `restic migrate s3_layout`
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https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/965
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/1004
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* The fuse mount now has two more directories: `tags` contains a subdir for
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each tag, which in turn contains only the snapshots that have this tag. The
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subdir `hosts` contains a subdir for each host that has a snapshot, and the
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subdir contains the snapshots for that host.
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https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/636
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/1050
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Small changes
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* For the s3 backend we're back to using the high-level API the s3 client
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library for uploading data, a few users reported dropped connections (which
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the library will automatically retry now).
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https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1013
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https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1023
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/1025
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* The `prune` command has been improved and will now remove invalid pack
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files, for example files that have not been uploaded completely because a
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backup was interrupted.
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https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1029
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/1036
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* restic now tries to detect when an invalid/unknown backend is used and
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returns an error message.
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https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1021
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/1070
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Important Changes in 0.6.1
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This is mostly a bugfix release and only contains small changes:
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* We've fixed a bug where `rebuild-index` would corrupt the index when used
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with the s3 backend together with the `default` layout. This is not the
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default setting.
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* Backends based on HTTP now allow several idle connections in parallel. This
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is especially important for the REST backend, which (when used with a local
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server) may create a lot connections and exhaust available ports quickly.
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https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/985
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/986
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* Regular status report: We've removed the status report that was printed
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every 10 seconds when restic is run non-interactively. You can still force
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reporting the current status by sending a `USR1` signal to the process.
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/974
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* The `build.go` now strips the temporary directory used for compilation from
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the binary. This is the first step in enabling reproducible builds.
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/981
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Important Changes in 0.6.0
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Consistent forget policy
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The `forget` command was corrected to be more consistent in which snapshots are
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to be forgotten. It is possible that the new code removes more snapshots than
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before, so please review what would be deleted by using the `--dry-run` option.
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/957
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https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/953
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Unified repository layout
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Up to now the s3 backend used a special repository layout. We've decided to
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unify the repository layout and implemented the default layout also for the s3
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backend. For creating a new repository on s3 with the default layout, use
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`restic -o s3.layout=default init`. For further commands the option is not
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necessary any more, restic will automatically detect the correct layout to use.
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A future version will switch to the default layout for new repositories.
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/966
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https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/965
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Memory and time improvements for the s3 backend
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We've updated the library used for accessing s3, switched to using a lower
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level API and added caching for some requests. This lead to a decrease in
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memory usage and a great speedup. In addition, we added benchmark functions for
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all backends, so we can track improvements over time. The Continuous
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Integration test service we're using (Travis) now runs the s3 backend tests not
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only against a Minio server, but also against the Amazon s3 live service, so we
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should be notified of any regressions much sooner.
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/962
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/960
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/946
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/938
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https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/883
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