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doc: describe how to handle rewrite encoding error

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@ -305,6 +305,13 @@ In order to preview the changes which ``rewrite`` would make, you can use the
modifying the repository. Instead restic will only print the actions it would
perform.
.. note:: The ``rewrite`` command verifies that it does not modify snapshots in
unexpected ways and fails with an ``cannot encode tree at "[...]" without loosing information``
error otherwise. This can occur when rewriting a snapshot created by a newer
version of restic or some third-party implementation.
To convert a snapshot into the format expected by the ``rewrite`` command
use ``restic repair snapshots <snapshotID>``.
Modifying metadata of snapshots
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