From 2f977f0a5e275e5ec3d2bf8d05a07c36f5dc38f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Waldmann Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2022 14:13:29 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] update (C) year --- LICENSE | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE index 585423d..bcf0a94 100644 --- a/LICENSE +++ b/LICENSE @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -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 From 796bcbb5bb4f531263cd5c67b149b6acadbe5976 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Waldmann Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2022 14:26:26 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] readme: talk about advantages/features also: remove "planned stuff" (this repo mostly depends on community contributions) --- README.rst | 15 ++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 591d14f..27e5640 100644 --- 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 ================================== @@ -34,8 +44,3 @@ rsync. * `backintime `_ * others? - -Planned -======= - -Complex rsync with hard links (e.g. multiple hosts, separate backup time).