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doc: prune --max-unused unlimited will still repack metadata 

Adding minor clarification to documentation of `prune --max-unused unlimited` to indicate metadata will still be repacked. The referenced PR indicates `max-repack-size` CAN limit metadata repacking.

Ref: https://forum.restic.net/t/max-unused-unlimited-still-repacks/3661
Ref: https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/3228
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@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ The ``prune`` command accepts the following options:
unused files. This means that as long as some data is still used within
a file stored in the repo, restic will just leave it there. Use this if
you want to minimize the time and bandwidth used by the ``prune``
operation.
operation. Note that metadata will still be repacked.
Restic tries to repack as little data as possible while still ensuring this
limit for unused data.