Configuration file includes and merging #148

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opened 2019-03-06 18:41:01 +00:00 by witten · 1 comment

witten commented 2019-03-06 18:41:01 +00:00

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As discussed in #73 and #3 and elsewhere, borgmatic configuration could benefit from better support for re-use of common config options across repositories. A common use case is: I have multiple different repositories and/or applications to backup, and they have some, but not all, config options in common (retention, consistency, etc). Therefore, it would be really handy to pull in and re-use common configuration.

The proposed mechanism for this is an include / inlining mechanism within borgmatic configuration files. The way that might look is:

retention:
    !include common_retention.yaml

Or, even fancier.. Includes with merging / local overrides! (Note that this is a shallow merge.)

retention:
    keep_daily: 1
    <<: !include common_retention.yaml

This is a fairly advanced feature, and so not everyone would use it. But the idea is that it'd be there for users that need it.

As discussed in #73 and #3 and elsewhere, borgmatic configuration could benefit from better support for re-use of common config options across repositories. A common use case is: I have multiple different repositories and/or applications to backup, and they have some, but not all, config options in common (retention, consistency, etc). Therefore, it would be really handy to pull in and re-use common configuration. The proposed mechanism for this is an include / inlining mechanism within borgmatic configuration files. The way that might look is: ```yaml retention: !include common_retention.yaml ``` Or, even fancier.. Includes with merging / local overrides! (Note that this is a shallow merge.) ```yaml retention: keep_daily: 1 <<: !include common_retention.yaml ``` This is a fairly advanced feature, and so not everyone would use it. But the idea is that it'd be there for users that need it.

witten referenced this issue from a commit 2019-03-06 20:12:07 +00:00

Configuration files includes and merging (#148).

witten commented 2019-03-06 20:14:15 +00:00

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Implemented and released in borgmatic 1.3.0! And documented here: https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/make-per-application-backups/

Implemented and released in borgmatic 1.3.0! And documented here: https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/make-per-application-backups/

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