From 74e4656850f7e36cc19c12a8837674a7064f1a65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DRON-666 <64691982+DRON-666@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2021 17:45:10 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Update changelog

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 changelog/unreleased/pull-3261 | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 changelog/unreleased/pull-3261

diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-3261 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-3261
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+Enhancement: Reduce file fragmentation for local backend
+
+Before this change, local backend files could become fragmented.
+Now restic will try to preallocate space for pack files to avoid
+their fragmentation.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/2679
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/3261