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+Change: honor RESTIC_CACHE_DIR environment variable in the check command
+
+--cache-dir option doesn't honor the RESTIC_CACHE_DIR environment variable by
+default. This fixes an issue with the restic check command that doesn't obey the
+RESTIC_CACHE_DIR environment variable. Extend the behavior of cache command to
+manage directories created by restic check.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/3382
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/3474