Release 2.0.0 beta11

docs/changes.rst

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ Compatibility notes:
 Change Log 2.x
 ==============
 
-Version 2.0.0b11 (2024-xx-xx)
+Version 2.0.0b11 (2024-09-26)
 -----------------------------
 
 Please note:
@@ -141,9 +141,16 @@ above.
 
 New features:
 
-- rclone:// borg repositories, this enables 100+ cloud storage providers!
-- parallel operations in same repo from same client (same user/machine)
-- archive series feature, #7930
+- Support rclone:// URLs for borg repositories.
+
+  This enables 70+ cloud storage products, including Amazon S3, Backblaze B2,
+  Ceph, Dropbox, ftp(s), Google Cloud Storage, Google Drive, Microsoft Azure,
+  Microsoft OneDrive, OpenStack Swift, pCloud, Seafile, sftp, SMB / CIFS and
+  WebDAV!
+
+  See https://rclone.org/ for more details.
+- Parallel operations in same repo from same client (same user/machine).
+- Archive series feature, #7930.
 
   TL;DR: a NAME now identifies a series of identically named archives,
   to identify a specific single archive, use aid:<archive hash>.
@@ -164,12 +171,12 @@ New features:
   - borg delete aid:<archive hash>
 - create: also archive inode number, #8362
 
-  borg can use this when using archive series to rebuild the local files cache
+  Borg can use this when using archive series to rebuild the local files cache
   from the previous archive (of the same series) in the repository.
 
 Fixes:
 
-- bugfix: remove superfluous repository.list() call. for high latency repos
+- Remove superfluous repository.list() call. for high latency repos
   (like sftp, cloud), this improves performance of borg check and compact.
 - repository.list: refresh lock more frequently
 - misc. commands fixed for non-unique archive names
@@ -179,18 +186,18 @@ Fixes:
 
 Other changes:
 
-- cache the chunks index in the repository, #8397.
-  improves high latency repo performance for most commands compared to b10.
+- Cache the chunks index in the repository, #8397.
+  Improves high latency repo performance for most commands compared to b10.
 - repo-compress: faster by using chunks index rather than repository.list().
-- files cache entries now have ctime AND mtime.
-  borg updates the ctime and mtime of known and "unchanged" files, #4915.
-- rebuild files cache from previous archive in same series, #8385.
-- reduce RAM usage by splitting the files cache by archive series, #5658.
-- remove AdHocCache, remove BORG_CACHE_IMPL (we only have one implementation).
-- docs: user@ and :port are optional in sftp and ssh URLs.
+- Files cache entries now have both ctime AND mtime.
+- Borg updates the ctime and mtime of known and "unchanged" files, #4915.
+- Rebuild files cache from previous archive in same series, #8385.
+- Reduce RAM usage by splitting the files cache by archive series, #5658.
+- Remove AdHocCache, remove BORG_CACHE_IMPL (we only have one implementation).
+- Docs: user@ and :port are optional in sftp and ssh URLs.
 - CI: re-enable windows build after fixing it.
-- upgrade pyinstaller to 6.10.0
-- increase IDS_PER_CHUNK, #6945q
+- Upgrade pyinstaller to 6.10.0.
+- Increase IDS_PER_CHUNK, #6945.
 
 
 Version 2.0.0b10 (2024-09-09)

docs/man/borg-benchmark-cpu.1

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-.TH "BORG-BENCHMARK-CPU" 1 "2024-09-09" "" "borg backup tool"
+.TH "BORG-BENCHMARK-CPU" 1 "2024-09-26" "" "borg backup tool"
 .SH NAME
 borg-benchmark-cpu \- Benchmark CPU bound operations.
 .SH SYNOPSIS

docs/man/borg-benchmark-crud.1

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-.TH "BORG-BENCHMARK-CRUD" 1 "2024-09-09" "" "borg backup tool"
+.TH "BORG-BENCHMARK-CRUD" 1 "2024-09-26" "" "borg backup tool"
 .SH NAME
 borg-benchmark-crud \- Benchmark Create, Read, Update, Delete for archives.
 .SH SYNOPSIS

docs/man/borg-benchmark.1

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-.TH "BORG-BENCHMARK" 1 "2024-09-09" "" "borg backup tool"
+.TH "BORG-BENCHMARK" 1 "2024-09-26" "" "borg backup tool"
 .SH NAME
 borg-benchmark \- benchmark command
 .SH SYNOPSIS

docs/man/borg-break-lock.1

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-.TH "BORG-BREAK-LOCK" 1 "2024-09-09" "" "borg backup tool"
+.TH "BORG-BREAK-LOCK" 1 "2024-09-26" "" "borg backup tool"
 .SH NAME
 borg-break-lock \- Break the repository lock (e.g. in case it was left by a dead borg.
 .SH SYNOPSIS

docs/man/borg-check.1

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-.TH "BORG-CHECK" 1 "2024-09-09" "" "borg backup tool"
+.TH "BORG-CHECK" 1 "2024-09-26" "" "borg backup tool"
 .SH NAME
 borg-check \- Check repository consistency
 .SH SYNOPSIS

docs/man/borg-common.1

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-.TH "BORG-COMMON" 1 "2024-09-09" "" "borg backup tool"
+.TH "BORG-COMMON" 1 "2024-09-26" "" "borg backup tool"
 .SH NAME
 borg-common \- Common options of Borg commands
 .SH SYNOPSIS

docs/man/borg-compact.1

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-.TH "BORG-COMPACT" 1 "2024-09-09" "" "borg backup tool"
+.TH "BORG-COMPACT" 1 "2024-09-26" "" "borg backup tool"
 .SH NAME
 borg-compact \- Collect garbage in repository
 .SH SYNOPSIS

docs/man/borg-compression.1

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-.TH "BORG-COMPRESSION" 1 "2024-09-09" "" "borg backup tool"
+.TH "BORG-COMPRESSION" 1 "2024-09-26" "" "borg backup tool"
 .SH NAME
 borg-compression \- Details regarding compression
 .SH DESCRIPTION

docs/man/borg-create.1

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-.TH "BORG-CREATE" 1 "2024-09-09" "" "borg backup tool"
+.TH "BORG-CREATE" 1 "2024-09-26" "" "borg backup tool"
 .SH NAME
 borg-create \- Create new archive
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ stdin\fP below for details.
 The archive will consume almost no disk space for files or parts of files that
 have already been stored in other archives.
 .sp
-The archive name needs to be unique.
+The archive name does NOT need to be unique, you can and should use the same
+name for a series of archives. The unique archive identifier is its ID (hash)
+and you can abbreviate the ID as long as it is unique.
 .sp
 In the archive name, you may use the following placeholders:
 {now}, {utcnow}, {fqdn}, {hostname}, {user} and some others.
@@ -153,9 +155,6 @@ only display items with the given status characters (see description)
 .B  \-\-json
 output stats as JSON. Implies \fB\-\-stats\fP\&.
 .TP
-.B  \-\-prefer\-adhoc\-cache
-experimental: prefer AdHocCache (w/o files cache) over AdHocWithFilesCache (with files cache).
-.TP
 .BI \-\-stdin\-name \ NAME
 use NAME in archive for stdin data (default: \(aqstdin\(aq)
 .TP
@@ -283,18 +282,18 @@ $ borg create my\-files                \e
 # /home/<one directory>/.thumbnails is excluded, not /home/*/*/.thumbnails etc.)
 $ borg create my\-files /home \-\-exclude \(aqsh:home/*/.thumbnails\(aq
 
-# Backup the root filesystem into an archive named \(dqroot\-YYYY\-MM\-DD\(dq
+# Backup the root filesystem into an archive named \(dqroot\-archive\(dq
 # use zlib compression (good, but slow) \- default is lz4 (fast, low compression ratio)
-$ borg create \-C zlib,6 \-\-one\-file\-system root\-{now:%Y\-%m\-%d} /
+$ borg create \-C zlib,6 \-\-one\-file\-system root\-archive /
 
-# Backup into an archive name like FQDN\-root\-TIMESTAMP
-$ borg create \(aq{fqdn}\-root\-{now}\(aq /
+# Backup into an archive name like FQDN\-root
+$ borg create \(aq{fqdn}\-root\(aq /
 
 # Backup a remote host locally (\(dqpull\(dq style) using sshfs
 $ mkdir sshfs\-mount
 $ sshfs root@example.com:/ sshfs\-mount
 $ cd sshfs\-mount
-$ borg create example.com\-root\-{now:%Y\-%m\-%d} .
+$ borg create example.com\-root .
 $ cd ..
 $ fusermount \-u sshfs\-mount
 
@@ -323,17 +322,13 @@ $ borg create \-\-compression lzma,N arch ~
 # Only compress compressible data with lzma,N (N = 0..9)
 $ borg create \-\-compression auto,lzma,N arch ~
 
-# Use short hostname, user name and current time in archive name
-$ borg create \(aq{hostname}\-{user}\-{now}\(aq ~
-# Similar, use the same datetime format that is default as of borg 1.1
-$ borg create \(aq{hostname}\-{user}\-{now:%Y\-%m\-%dT%H:%M:%S}\(aq ~
-# As above, but add nanoseconds
-$ borg create \(aq{hostname}\-{user}\-{now:%Y\-%m\-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f}\(aq ~
+# Use short hostname and user name as archive name
+$ borg create \(aq{hostname}\-{user}\(aq ~
 
 # Backing up relative paths by moving into the correct directory first
 $ cd /home/user/Documents
 # The root directory of the archive will be \(dqprojectA\(dq
-$ borg create \(aqdaily\-projectA\-{now:%Y\-%m\-%d}\(aq projectA
+$ borg create \(aqdaily\-projectA\(aq projectA
 
 # Use external command to determine files to archive
 # Use \-\-paths\-from\-stdin with find to back up only files less than 1MB in size

docs/man/borg-delete.1

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-.TH "BORG-DELETE" 1 "2024-09-09" "" "borg backup tool"
+.TH "BORG-DELETE" 1 "2024-09-26" "" "borg backup tool"
 .SH NAME
 borg-delete \- Delete archives
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .sp
-borg [common options] delete [options]
+borg [common options] delete [options] [NAME]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .sp
 This command deletes archives from the repository.
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ see \fIborg_patterns\fP).
 .SH OPTIONS
 .sp
 See \fIborg\-common(1)\fP for common options of Borg commands.
+.SS arguments
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B NAME
+specify the archive name
+.UNINDENT
 .SS optional arguments
 .INDENT 0.0
 .TP
@@ -90,11 +96,14 @@ consider archives newer than (now \- TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.
 .sp
 .nf
 .ft C
-# delete a single backup archive:
-$ borg delete \-a Monday
+# delete all backup archives named \(dqkenny\-files\(dq:
+$ borg delete \-a kenny\-files
 # actually free disk space:
 $ borg compact
 
+# delete a specific backup archive using its unique archive ID prefix
+$ borg delete aid:d34db33f
+
 # delete all archives whose names begin with the machine\(aqs hostname followed by \(dq\-\(dq
 $ borg delete \-a \(aqsh:{hostname}\-*\(aq
 

docs/man/borg-diff.1

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-.TH "BORG-DIFF" 1 "2024-09-09" "" "borg backup tool"
+.TH "BORG-DIFF" 1 "2024-09-26" "" "borg backup tool"
 .SH NAME
 borg-diff \- Diff contents of two archives
 .SH SYNOPSIS

docs/man/borg-export-tar.1

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-.TH "BORG-EXPORT-TAR" 1 "2024-09-09" "" "borg backup tool"
+.TH "BORG-EXPORT-TAR" 1 "2024-09-26" "" "borg backup tool"
 .SH NAME
 borg-export-tar \- Export archive contents as a tarball
 .SH SYNOPSIS

docs/man/borg-extract.1

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-.TH "BORG-EXTRACT" 1 "2024-09-09" "" "borg backup tool"
+.TH "BORG-EXTRACT" 1 "2024-09-26" "" "borg backup tool"
 .SH NAME
 borg-extract \- Extract archive contents
 .SH SYNOPSIS

docs/man/borg-import-tar.1

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-.TH "BORG-IMPORT-TAR" 1 "2024-09-09" "" "borg backup tool"
+.TH "BORG-IMPORT-TAR" 1 "2024-09-26" "" "borg backup tool"
 .SH NAME
 borg-import-tar \- Create a backup archive from a tarball
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -170,9 +170,9 @@ Outputs a script that copies all archives from repo1 to repo2:
 .sp
 .nf
 .ft C
-for A T in \(gaborg list \-\-format=\(aq{archive} {time:%Y\-%m\-%dT%H:%M:%S}{NL}\(aq\(ga
+for N I T in \(gaborg list \-\-format=\(aq{archive} {id} {time:%Y\-%m\-%dT%H:%M:%S}{NL}\(aq\(ga
 do
-  echo \(dqborg \-r repo1 export\-tar \-\-tar\-format=BORG $A \- | borg \-r repo2 import\-tar \-\-timestamp=$T $A \-\(dq
+  echo \(dqborg \-r repo1 export\-tar \-\-tar\-format=BORG aid:$I \- | borg \-r repo2 import\-tar \-\-timestamp=$T $N \-\(dq
 done
 .ft P
 .fi

docs/man/borg-info.1

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-.TH "BORG-INFO" 1 "2024-09-09" "" "borg backup tool"
+.TH "BORG-INFO" 1 "2024-09-26" "" "borg backup tool"
 .SH NAME
 borg-info \- Show archive details such as disk space used
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .sp
-borg [common options] info [options]
+borg [common options] info [options] [NAME]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .sp
 This command displays detailed information about the specified archive.
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ All archives / deduplicated size = amount of data stored in the repo
 .SH OPTIONS
 .sp
 See \fIborg\-common(1)\fP for common options of Borg commands.
+.SS arguments
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B NAME
+specify the archive name
+.UNINDENT
 .SS optional arguments
 .INDENT 0.0
 .TP
@@ -87,16 +93,16 @@ consider archives newer than (now \- TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.
 .sp
 .nf
 .ft C
-$ borg info Tuesday2022\-06\-25T20:51:39
-Archive name: Tuesday2022\-06\-25T20:51:39
+$ borg info aid:f7dea078
+Archive name: source\-backup
 Archive fingerprint: f7dea0788dfc026cc2be1c0f5b94beb4e4084eb3402fc40c38d8719b1bf2d943
 Comment:
 Hostname: mba2020
 Username: tw
 Time (start): Sat, 2022\-06\-25 20:51:40
 Time (end): Sat, 2022\-06\-25 20:51:40
 Duration: 0.03 seconds
-Command line: /Users/tw/w/borg\-env/bin/borg \-r path/to/repo create \-\-stats \(aqTuesday{now}\(aq src \-\-progress
+Command line: /usr/bin/borg \-r path/to/repo create source\-backup src
 Utilization of maximum supported archive size: 0%
 Number of files: 244
 Original size: 13.80 MB

docs/man/borg-key-change-location.1

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-.TH "BORG-KEY-CHANGE-LOCATION" 1 "2024-09-09" "" "borg backup tool"
+.TH "BORG-KEY-CHANGE-LOCATION" 1 "2024-09-26" "" "borg backup tool"
 .SH NAME
 borg-key-change-location \- Change repository key location
 .SH SYNOPSIS

docs/man/borg-key-change-passphrase.1

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-.TH "BORG-KEY-CHANGE-PASSPHRASE" 1 "2024-09-09" "" "borg backup tool"
+.TH "BORG-KEY-CHANGE-PASSPHRASE" 1 "2024-09-26" "" "borg backup tool"
 .SH NAME
 borg-key-change-passphrase \- Change repository key file passphrase
 .SH SYNOPSIS

docs/man/borg-key-export.1

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-.TH "BORG-KEY-EXPORT" 1 "2024-09-09" "" "borg backup tool"
+.TH "BORG-KEY-EXPORT" 1 "2024-09-26" "" "borg backup tool"
 .SH NAME
 borg-key-export \- Export the repository key for backup
 .SH SYNOPSIS

docs/man/borg-key-import.1

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-.TH "BORG-KEY-IMPORT" 1 "2024-09-09" "" "borg backup tool"
+.TH "BORG-KEY-IMPORT" 1 "2024-09-26" "" "borg backup tool"
 .SH NAME
 borg-key-import \- Import the repository key from backup
 .SH SYNOPSIS