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Introduction
============
restic is a backup program that is fast, efficient and secure. Detailed
information can be found in [the documentation](doc/index.md) and [the user
manual](doc/Manual.md). The [design document](doc/Design.md) lists the
technical background and gives detailed information about the structure of the
repository and the data saved therein.
The latest documentation can be viewed online at
<https://restic.readthedocs.org/en/latest>. On the bottom left corner there is
a menu that allows switching to the documentation and user manual for the
latest released version.
Build restic
============
Install Go/Golang (at least version 1.3), then run `go run build.go`,
afterwards you'll find the binary in the current directory:
$ go run build.go
$ ./restic --help
Usage:
restic [OPTIONS] <command>
[...]
More documentation can be found in the [user manual](doc/Manual.md).
At the moment, the only tested compiler for restic is the official Go compiler.
Building restic with gccgo may work, but is not supported.
Contribute and Documentation
============================
Contributions are welcome! More information can be found in
[`CONTRIBUTING.md`](CONTRIBUTING.md). A document describing the design of
restic and the data structures stored on the back end is contained in
[`doc/Design.md`](doc/Design.md).
The development environment is described in [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](CONTRIBUTING.md).
Contact
=======
If you discover a bug, find something surprising or if you would like to
discuss or ask something, please [open a github issue](https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/new).
If you would like to chat about restic, there is also the IRC channel #restic
on irc.freenode.net.
**Important**: If you discover something that you believe to be a possible critical
security problem, please do *not* open a GitHub issue but send an email directly to
alexander@bumpern.de. If possible, please encrypt your email using the following PGP key
([0x91A6868BD3F7A907](https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xCF8F18F2844575973F79D4E191A6868BD3F7A907)):
```
pub 4096R/91A6868BD3F7A907 2014-11-01
Key fingerprint = CF8F 18F2 8445 7597 3F79 D4E1 91A6 868B D3F7 A907
uid Alexander Neumann <alexander@bumpern.de>
uid Alexander Neumann <alexander@debian.org>
sub 4096R/D5FC2ACF4043FDF1 2014-11-01
```
License
=======
Restic is licensed under "BSD 2-Clause License". You can find the complete text
in the file `LICENSE`.