From aa0a7b78a865dc205bd33682cf7a795a751f5bb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Craig Younkins Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2021 17:00:18 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] 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 --- doc/060_forget.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/060_forget.rst b/doc/060_forget.rst index 15f900c33..b321a4551 100644 --- a/doc/060_forget.rst +++ b/doc/060_forget.rst @@ -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.