From 1ebcb1d097cb874e9c5528512ff352f0c20acd37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Uli Martens Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 17:52:34 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add changelog entry for PR #3508 --- changelog/unreleased/pull-3508 | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) create mode 100644 changelog/unreleased/pull-3508 diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-3508 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-3508 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c6e0f575e --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-3508 @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +Enhancement: Cache blobs read by the dump command + +When dumping a file using the `restic dump` command, restic did not cache blobs +in any way, so even consecutive runs of the same blob did get loaded from the +repository again and again, slowing down the dump. + +Now, the caching mechanism already used by the `fuse` command is also used by +the `dump` command. This makes dumping much faster, especially for sparse files. + +https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/3508