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Add documentation and changelog

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Alexander Neumann 2019-11-22 15:16:59 +01:00
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Enhancement: Add option to configure S3 region
We've added a new option for setting the region when accessing an S3-compatible
service. For some providers, it is required to set this to a valid value. You
can do that either by setting the environment variable `AWS_REGION` or using
the option `s3.region`, e.g. like this: `-o s3.region="us-east-1"`.
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/2350

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Please note that knowledge of your password is required to access the repository.
Losing your password means that your data is irrecoverably lost.
It is not possible at the moment to have restic create a new bucket in a
different location, so you need to create it using a different program.
Afterwards, the S3 server (``s3.amazonaws.com``) will redirect restic to
the correct endpoint.
If needed, you can manually specify the region to use by either setting the
environment variable ``AWS_REGION`` or calling restic with an option parameter
like ``-o s3.region="us-east-1"``. If the region is not specified, the default
region is used. Afterwards, the S3 server (``s3.amazonaws.com``) will redirect
restic to the correct endpoint.
Until version 0.8.0, restic used a default prefix of ``restic``, so the files
in the bucket were placed in a directory named ``restic``. If you want to