Feature: Allow selection of compression type and and level during export (#13661)

* Feature: Allow configuring the compression type and compression levels during export

Building on the zip export improvements, this now allows users to further configure the
zip to fit their needs.  A simple stored zip for speed, or a high compression zstd for
the smallest archive.  Full validation of the method and levels at the command line

Co-authored-by: shamoon <4887959+shamoon@users.noreply.github.com>
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Trenton H
2026-08-13 18:29:33 +00:00
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@@ -299,6 +299,8 @@ optional arguments:
-sm, --split-manifest
-z, --zip
-zn, --zip-name
--zip-compression
--zip-compression-level
--data-only
--no-progress-bar
--passphrase
@@ -361,6 +363,19 @@ If `-z` or `--zip` is provided, the export will be a zip file
in the target directory, named according to the current local date or the
value set in `-zn` or `--zip-name`.
The compression method for the zip can be set with `--zip-compression`
(`stored`, `deflated` (default), `bzip2`, `lzma`, or `zstd`) and tuned with
`--zip-compression-level` (deflated: 09, bzip2: 19, zstd: -2222; ignored
for `stored` and `lzma`). Both options require `--zip`.
!!! warning
`zstd` compression requires Python 3.14 or newer on **both** the machine
creating the export and any machine importing it. An archive compressed with
`zstd` (or `lzma`/`bzip2` where those modules are unavailable) cannot be
imported on a runtime that lacks the codec; the importer will refuse it with
a clear error. The default `deflated` is universally readable.
If `--data-only` is provided, only the database will be exported. This option is intended
to facilitate database upgrades without needing to clean documents and thumbnails from the media directory.