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+Enhancement: Stream data in check and prune commands
+
+`check --read-data` and `prune` downloaded data files into temporary files
+which can end up being written to disk. This could cause a large amount of data
+being written to disk. The pack files are now streamed which no longer needs
+temporary files. Please note that uploads during `backup` and `prune` still
+require temporary files.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/3484
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/3710
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/3717