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

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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 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 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`` 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 Restic tries to repack as little data as possible while still ensuring this
limit for unused data. limit for unused data.