From ed418d8d60921e528cf85f9f451e410def0349b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Eischer Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 17:40:55 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] document that switching between relative and absolute paths prevents change detection --- doc/040_backup.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/040_backup.rst b/doc/040_backup.rst index 3e723e39a..ad7deb3d9 100644 --- a/doc/040_backup.rst +++ b/doc/040_backup.rst @@ -315,6 +315,10 @@ Note that the snapshot metadata will always contain the absolute path. /user /user/work.txt +.. note:: When switching between absolute and relative paths, the change detection in restic + will not be able to detect unmodified files. This is because the change detection depends + on the file path inside the snapshot. + Dry Runs ********