From f9422ff4c77c27f3bed6034b3946f744ee402a4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Neumann <alexander@bumpern.de>
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2018 12:38:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] backup: Open repository before async status starts

Closes #2080
---
 cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
index 1ca671195..614e00d6d 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
@@ -385,6 +385,12 @@ func runBackup(opts BackupOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, term *termstatus.Termina
 
 	var t tomb.Tomb
 
+	term.Print("open repository\n")
+	repo, err := OpenRepository(gopts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	p := ui.NewBackup(term, gopts.verbosity)
 
 	// use the terminal for stdout/stderr
@@ -406,12 +412,6 @@ func runBackup(opts BackupOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, term *termstatus.Termina
 
 	t.Go(func() error { return p.Run(t.Context(gopts.ctx)) })
 
-	p.V("open repository")
-	repo, err := OpenRepository(gopts)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	p.V("lock repository")
 	lock, err := lockRepo(repo)
 	defer unlockRepo(lock)