From e8dccbf1c1a3fd0e1eb7d37237d7e500c5e954cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Helfman Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 19:03:05 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Promote the "spot" check from a beta feature to stable. --- NEWS | 1 + docs/how-to/deal-with-very-large-backups.md | 15 +++++---------- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 1980b313..c3670faa 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ * Require the runtime directory to be an absolute path. * Add a "--deleted" flag to the "repo-list" action for listing deleted archives that haven't yet been compacted (Borg 2 only). + * Promote the "spot" check from a beta feature to stable. 1.9.2 * #441: Apply the "umask" option to all relevant actions, not just some of them. diff --git a/docs/how-to/deal-with-very-large-backups.md b/docs/how-to/deal-with-very-large-backups.md index edbfa86a..9884399a 100644 --- a/docs/how-to/deal-with-very-large-backups.md +++ b/docs/how-to/deal-with-very-large-backups.md @@ -113,11 +113,11 @@ file). Because if something goes wrong with your source files, most consistency checks will still pass with flying colors and you won't discover there's a problem until you go to restore. -New in version 1.8.10 Beta feature That's where the spot -check comes in. This check actually compares your source file counts and data -against those in the latest archive, potentially catching problems like -incorrect excludes, inadvertent deletes, files changed by malware, etc. +New in version 1.8.10 That's +where the spot check comes in. This check actually compares your source file +counts and data against those in the latest archive, potentially catching +problems like incorrect excludes, inadvertent deletes, files changed by +malware, etc. But because an exhaustive comparison of all source files against the latest archive might be too slow, the spot check supports *sampling* a percentage of @@ -180,11 +180,6 @@ to run it immediately after a `create` action (borgmatic's default behavior). Instead, it may make more sense to run the spot check on a separate schedule from `create`. -As long as the spot check feature is in beta, it may be subject to breaking -changes. But feel free to use it in production if you're okay with that -caveat, and please [provide any -feedback](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/#issues) you have on this feature. - ### Check frequency