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Merge pull request #1841 from jernst/master 

Added documentation about what happens if you run out of space during a backup
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Alexander Neumann 2018-06-14 19:13:31 +02:00
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@ -299,3 +299,17 @@ information. Just specify the tags for a snapshot one by one with ``--tag``:
The tags can later be used to keep (or forget) snapshots with the ``forget`` The tags can later be used to keep (or forget) snapshots with the ``forget``
command. The command ``tag`` can be used to modify tags on an existing command. The command ``tag`` can be used to modify tags on an existing
snapshot. snapshot.
Space requirements
******************
Restic currently assumes that your backup repository has sufficient space
for the backup operation you are about to perform. This is a realistic
assumption for many cloud providers, but may not be true when backing up
to local disks.
Should you run out of space during the middle of a backup, there will be
some additional data in the repository, but the snapshot will never be
created as it would only be written at the very (successful) end of
the backup operation. Previous snapshots will still be there and will still
work.