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| author | Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi> | 2022-01-16 16:06:01 +0000 |
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| committer | Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi> | 2022-01-16 16:06:01 +0000 |
| commit | df7f61482fbe65819cdfebddcb2edc15e6d86b2d (patch) | |
| tree | cabc9af62251c16290d6dcfa7270445f992a759f | |
| parent | 519a5f9d4ec3204f866912eb8250adc319ed4462 (diff) | |
| parent | 11253df6ac95554a895aa1412c75020ce663260c (diff) | |
| download | obnam2-df7f61482fbe65819cdfebddcb2edc15e6d86b2d.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'skipped' into 'main'
docs: add some explanation of what Skipped should mean
See merge request obnam/obnam!212
| -rw-r--r-- | src/backup_reason.rs | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/policy.rs | 9 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/backup_reason.rs b/src/backup_reason.rs index 590f470..9a17d80 100644 --- a/src/backup_reason.rs +++ b/src/backup_reason.rs @@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ use std::fmt; /// Represent the reason a file is in a backup. #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)] pub enum Reason { - /// File was skipped for some reason, but carried over without changes. + /// File was skipped due to policy, but carried over without + /// changes. Skipped, /// File is new, compared to previous backup. IsNew, diff --git a/src/policy.rs b/src/policy.rs index 9b66c1d..7241f0f 100644 --- a/src/policy.rs +++ b/src/policy.rs @@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ use crate::generation::LocalGeneration; use log::{debug, warn}; /// Policy for what gets backed up. +/// +/// The policy allows two aspects to be controlled: +/// +/// * should new files )(files that didn't exist in the previous +/// backup be included in the new backup? +/// * should files that haven't been changed since the previous backup +/// be included in the new backup? +/// +/// If policy doesn't allow a file to be included, it's skipped. pub struct BackupPolicy { new: bool, old_if_changed: bool, |