stfnMar 18
I am amazed that a 11GB SQlite database can be compressed to 3GB
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I am experimenting with Restic and for me it feels much more friendly and understandable than Borg.

You know the feeling when some software just clicks with you, and some does not feel right?

I had it already with Eleventy (yay!) vs Hugo (wtf), and now with Restic vs Borg.
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@stfn I am also playing around with restic and it feels intuitive. Love that it can use rclone.

I tried to set a global exclude file variable (as I assumed it would exist when you can set the repo and encryption key) and saw the discussion [1] around environment variables (since 2017). Sadly no exclude file var in sight.

I found resticprofile [2] that comes to the rescue. Has exactly what I was looking for.

[1] https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1233

[2] https://creativeprojects.github.io/resticprofile/index.html

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Methods for setting options are inconsistent · Issue #1233 · restic/restic

The different way to set options varies widely from option to option. Some can be set via a flag or environment variable. e.g., --repo/RESTIC_REPOSITORY Some can be set only via a flag. e.g., --jso...

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