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borgbackup · Nov 5, 2022 · c788b92 · c788b92
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-Copyright (C) 2016-2017 The Borg Collective (see AUTHORS file)
+Copyright (C) 2016-2022 The Borg Collective (see AUTHORS file)
 All rights reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without

diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,16 @@ borg-import converts backups made with other backup software into the format use
 
 See ``borg-import -h`` for more information.
 
+Potential advantages over manually doing it
+===========================================
+
+Note: we have different importers and some importers may not support all the features.
+
+- automation: less manual work, import lots of backups into a borg repo with one command
+- automatically makes up borg archive name from what you give + discovered timestamp
+- sets borg archive creation timestamp to the historically correct date/time
+- temporarily moves the source directory so the borg files cache will speed up borg create
+
 Currently supported import formats
 ==================================
 
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 * `backintime <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime>`_
 
 * others?
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-Planned
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-Complex rsync with hard links (e.g. multiple hosts, separate backup time).