Clarify that spaces in path names should not be backslashed in path names (#406).

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Dan Helfman 2021-04-18 17:28:11 -07:00
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NEWS
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1.5.14.dev0
* #398: Clarify canonical home of borgmatic in documentation.
* #406: Clarify that spaces in path names should not be backslashed in path names.
* Fix build so as not to attempt to build and push documentation for a non-master branch.
* "Fix" build failure with Alpine Edge by switching from Edge to Alpine 3.13.

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## Hosting providers
Need somewhere to store your encrypted offsite backups? The following hosting
Need somewhere to store your encrypted off-site backups? The following hosting
providers include specific support for Borg/borgmatic. Using these links and
services helps support borgmatic development and hosting. (These are referral
links, but without any tracking scripts or cookies.)

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- type: str
desc: |
List of source directories to backup (required). Globs and
tildes are expanded.
tildes are expanded. Do not backslash spaces in path names.
example:
- /home
- /etc
- /var/log/syslog*
- /home/user/path with spaces
repositories:
required: true
seq:
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- type: str
desc: |
Any paths matching these patterns are excluded from backups.
Globs and tildes are expanded. See the output of "borg help
patterns" for more details.
Globs and tildes are expanded. Do not backslash spaces in
path names. See the output of "borg help patterns" for more
details.
example:
- '*.pyc'
- /home/*/.cache
- /etc/ssl
- /home/user/path with spaces
exclude_from:
seq:
- type: str

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@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ sudo pip3 install --upgrade borgmatic
The main downside of a global install is that borgmatic is less cleanly
separated from the rest of your Python software, and there's the theoretical
possibility of libary conflicts. But if you're okay with that, for instance
possibility of library conflicts. But if you're okay with that, for instance
on a relatively dedicated system, then a global install can work out fine.
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## Hosting providers
Need somewhere to store your encrypted offsite backups? The following hosting
Need somewhere to store your encrypted off-site backups? The following hosting
providers include specific support for Borg/borgmatic. Using these links and
services helps support borgmatic development and hosting. (These are referral
links, but without any tracking scripts or cookies.)