From dc5adef255ea31d37ed339ad9c93edbd0966ffe4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Neumann <alexander@bumpern.de>
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2022 10:04:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add documentation for --repository-version

---
 doc/030_preparing_a_new_repo.rst | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/030_preparing_a_new_repo.rst b/doc/030_preparing_a_new_repo.rst
index d1644cf82..5fe1a86bb 100644
--- a/doc/030_preparing_a_new_repo.rst
+++ b/doc/030_preparing_a_new_repo.rst
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ options exist:
  * Configuring a program to be called when the password is needed via the
    option ``--password-command`` or the environment variable
    ``RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND``
+   
+ * The ``init`` command has an option called ``--repository-version`` which can
+   be used to explicitely set the version for the new repository. By default,
+   the current stable version is used. Have a look at the `design documentation
+   <https://github.com/restic/restic/blob/master/doc/design.rst>`__ for
+   details.
+
 
 Local
 *****
@@ -692,4 +699,3 @@ On MSYS2, you can install ``winpty`` as follows:
 
     $ pacman -S winpty
     $ winpty restic -r /srv/restic-repo init
-