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authorLars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>2022-04-22 05:00:34 +0000
committerLars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>2022-04-22 05:00:34 +0000
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Merge branch 'liw/cachedir.tag-doc' into 'main'
docs: add a note of why CACHEDIR.TAG itself gets backed up Closes #190 See merge request obnam/obnam!229
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### By default, skip directories containing CACHEDIR.TAG
This scenario verifies that Obnam client skips the contents of directories that
-contain [CACHEDIR.TAG][], but backs up the tag itself.
+contain [CACHEDIR.TAG][], but backs up the tag itself. We back up the
+tag so that after a restore, the directory continues to be tagged as a
+cache directory.
[CACHEDIR.TAG]: https://bford.info/cachedir/