From 2ba14160de002a120214b94a4e2e88ae4774ef60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Eischer <michael.eischer@fau.de>
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2022 14:49:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add changelog for the optimized tree serialization

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 changelog/unreleased/pull-3773 | 7 +++++++
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 create mode 100644 changelog/unreleased/pull-3773

diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-3773 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-3773
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+Enhancement: Optimize memory usage for directories with many files
+
+Backing up a directory with hundred thousands or more files causes restic to
+require large amounts of memory. We have optimized `backup` command such that
+it requires up to 30% less memory.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/3773