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Merge pull request #2445 from ThomasWaldmann/update-docs3

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@ -2842,7 +2842,20 @@ def process_epilog(epilog):
help='repository to prune')
upgrade_epilog = process_epilog("""
Upgrade an existing Borg repository.
Upgrade an existing, local Borg repository.
When you do not need borg upgrade
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Not every change requires that you run ``borg upgrade``.
You do **not** need to run it when:
- moving your repository to a different place
- upgrading to another point release (like 1.0.x to 1.0.y),
except when noted otherwise in the changelog
- upgrading from 1.0.x to 1.1.x,
except when noted otherwise in the changelog
Borg 1.x.y upgrades
+++++++++++++++++++
@ -2874,8 +2887,13 @@ def process_epilog(epilog):
Currently, only LOCAL repositories can be upgraded (issue #465).
It will change the magic strings in the repository's segments
to match the new Borg magic strings. The keyfiles found in
Please note that ``borg create`` (since 1.0.0) uses bigger chunks by
default than old borg or attic did, so the new chunks won't deduplicate
with the old chunks in the upgraded repository.
See ``--chunker-params`` option of ``borg create`` and ``borg recreate``.
``borg upgrade`` will change the magic strings in the repository's
segments to match the new Borg magic strings. The keyfiles found in
$ATTIC_KEYS_DIR or ~/.attic/keys/ will also be converted and
copied to $BORG_KEYS_DIR or ~/.config/borg/keys.