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Port the parent directory discovery logic from LVM to ZFS (#80).

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Dan Helfman
2024-12-03 11:05:45 -08:00
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@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ in an archive at `/var/dataset` as well—even if borgmatic has to mount the
snapshot somewhere in `/run/user/1000/borgmatic/zfs_snapshots/` to perform the
backup.
<span class="minilink minilink-addedin">New in version 1.9.4</span> borgmatic
is smart enough to look at the parent (and grandparent, etc.) directories of
each of your `source_directories` to discover any datasets. For instance,
let's say you add `/var/log` and `/var/lib` to your source directories, but
`/var` is a dataset. borgmatic will discover that and snapshot `/var`
accordingly. This also works even with nested datasets; borgmatic selects
the dataset that's the "closest" parent to your source directories.
<span class="minilink minilink-addedin">With Borg version 1.2 and
earlier</span>Snapshotted files are instead stored at a path dependent on the
[runtime