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doc: note that mountpoint must not overlap the repository

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Document the new restriction added so users encountering the error
message have a reference, and so the constraint is visible before they
hit it.
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@@ -208,6 +208,12 @@ command needs to be in the ``PATH``. On macOS, you need `FUSE-T
<https://www.fuse-t.org/>`__ or `FUSE for macOS <https://osxfuse.github.io/>`__. <https://www.fuse-t.org/>`__ or `FUSE for macOS <https://osxfuse.github.io/>`__.
On FreeBSD, you may need to install FUSE and load the kernel module (``kldload fuse``). On FreeBSD, you may need to install FUSE and load the kernel module (``kldload fuse``).
.. note:: The mountpoint must not overlap the local repository directory.
Using the repository directory itself, a subdirectory of it, or a parent
of it as the mountpoint causes the FUSE server to read its own backend
files through the new mount and deadlock the kernel. ``restic mount``
detects this and refuses such mountpoints.
Restic supports storage and preservation of hard links. However, since Restic supports storage and preservation of hard links. However, since
hard links exist in the scope of a filesystem by definition, restoring hard links exist in the scope of a filesystem by definition, restoring
hard links from a FUSE mount should be done by a program that preserves hard links from a FUSE mount should be done by a program that preserves