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Backing up a project folder to a local restic repository: what the docs state
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What this guide covers
A documentation-based checklist for people who want to back up their own project folder with restic. It covers creating a local repository, a first backup, restoring to a separate directory and removing old snapshots as the pages word them. Nothing was installed or run, and the steps are untested.
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Backing up a project folder to a local restic repository: what the docs state
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A documentation-based checklist for people who want to back up their own project folder with restic. It covers creating a local repository, a first backup, restoring to a separate directory and removing old snapshots as the pages word them. Nothing was installed or run, and the steps are untested.
Useful starting points
- The README says a backup kept on the same machine is not a real backup strategy.
- The docs warn that a lost repository password means the data cannot be accessed.
- Forgetting a snapshot leaves its data in place until the separate prune step runs, and the repository is locked while pruning.
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