Packrat Backup 0.2.0

Packrat Backup 0.2.0 is a feature release, recommended for all users.

New features

• Change detection — Packrat now watches how much of your data changed in each backup and warns loudly when a run looks like ransomware encryption or an accidental mass edit: a "Change check" tile on the Overview page, a red status badge, and an urgent desktop notification. The sensitivity is configurable in Preferences (#29, stage 1).
• Per-file and folder restore — restore individual files or folders straight from the snapshot browser instead of restoring everything (#16).
• Backup preview — see how many files the next backup would upload and how big it would be, before running it (#19).
• Verified restores — after each backup, Packrat re-reads a sample of the data to prove the backup is restorable, and the History page now shows which snapshots were verified (#28).

Fixes

• Overview progress bar no longer flickers between spinner and percent during backups (#56)
• Rclone repository probing no longer attempts init with an invalid location (#43)
• Weekly catch-up now honours schedules missed for longer than 8 days (#44)
• Settings lists round-trip entries containing commas correctly (#45)

Packaging

• First official DEB package alongside the RPM — built and CI-tested on Debian 13
• Available artifacts: packrat-0.2.0-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm, packrat_0.2.0-1_all.deb, source tarball

Upgrade notes

Existing settings and repositories are fully compatible; no migration steps are needed.