From 702cff636f8405bf4e28e4cc7f15b185ff8f3cf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Eischer Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 23:02:02 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add use case to changelog --- changelog/unreleased/issue-1542 | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-1542 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-1542 index 31807ed73..7e16c44aa 100644 --- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-1542 +++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-1542 @@ -1,5 +1,10 @@ Enhancement: Add --dry-run/-n option to backup command +Testing exclude filters and other configuration options required running a +normal backup. Wrong filters could then cause files to be uploaded +unexpectedly. It was also not possible to approximately determine beforehand +how much data has to be uploaded. + We added a new --dry-run/-n option to the backup command, which performs all the normal steps of a backup without actually writing any changes to the repository. Passing -vv will log information about files that would