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Mention "store_config_files" in docs (#725).

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## Extract the configuration files used to create an archive
<span class="minilink minilink-addedin">New in version 1.7.15</span> borgmatic
automatically stores all the configuration files used to create an archive inside the
archive itself. This is useful in cases where you've lost a configuration
file or you want to see what configurations were used to create a particular
archive.
automatically stores all the configuration files used to create an archive
inside the archive itself. This is useful in cases where you've lost a
configuration file or you want to see what configurations were used to create a
particular archive.
To extract the configuration files from an archive, use the `config bootstrap` action. For example:
To extract the configuration files from an archive, use the `config bootstrap`
action. For example:
```bash
borgmatic config bootstrap --repository repo.borg --destination /tmp
```
This extracts the configuration file from the latest archive in the repository `repo.borg` to `/tmp/etc/borgmatic/config.yaml`, assuming that the only configuration file used to create this archive was located at `/etc/borgmatic/config.yaml` when the archive was created.
This extracts the configuration file from the latest archive in the repository
`repo.borg` to `/tmp/etc/borgmatic/config.yaml`, assuming that the only
configuration file used to create this archive was located at
`/etc/borgmatic/config.yaml` when the archive was created.
Note that to run the `config bootstrap` action, you don't need to have a borgmatic configuration file. You only need to specify the repository to use via the `--repository` flag; borgmatic will figure out the rest.
Note that to run the `config bootstrap` action, you don't need to have a
borgmatic configuration file. You only need to specify the repository to use via
the `--repository` flag; borgmatic will figure out the rest.
If a destination directory is not specified, the configuration files will be extracted to their original locations, silently **overwriting** any configuration files that may already exist. For example, if a configuration file was located at `/etc/borgmatic/config.yaml` when the archive was created, it will be extracted to `/etc/borgmatic/config.yaml` too.
If a destination directory is not specified, the configuration files will be
extracted to their original locations, silently *overwriting* any configuration
files that may already exist. For example, if a configuration file was located
at `/etc/borgmatic/config.yaml` when the archive was created, it will be
extracted to `/etc/borgmatic/config.yaml` too.
If you want to extract the configuration file from a specific archive, use the `--archive` flag:
If you want to extract the configuration file from a specific archive, use the
`--archive` flag:
```bash
borgmatic config bootstrap --repository repo.borg --archive host-2023-01-02T04:06:07.080910 --destination /tmp
```
<span class="minilink minilink-addedin">New in version 1.8.1</span> Set the
`store_config_files` option to `false` to disable the automatic backup of
borgmatic configuration files, for instance if they contain sensitive
information you don't want to store even inside your encrypted backups. If you
do this though, the `config bootstrap` action will no longer work.