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Not sure whether the file dialog will be able to let you "select" a ssh: url somehow, but we can try. What it for sure won't do, is the special...
`ssh://user@host:port/some/abs/path` is the usual and supported form. `ssh://user@host:port/./some/rel/path` and `ssh://user@host:port/~/some/home/path` is supported by borg, but likely nowhere else.
@i1sm3ky i guess this needs trying interactively. try it before any change, check how the dialogue behaves and what it offers (esp. considering non-file: stuff), then change the schemes and...
There is nothing you need to "test" for smb except that: - before your modification you can select "smb:" stuff somehow - after your modification it will not let you...
For ssh, you could run a sshd on localhost or some other (e.g. linux) machine you have access to. borgbase has a for-free offer btw.
borg runs fine (and natively, without rosetta) on apple silicon, I have a MBA M1 myself. for vorta, it is a bit more difficult, but it also can be compiled...
I just tried on my MBA and I was not able to get a "smb:" URL result from the file dialogue (when adding a new repo): - either I click...
If the file dialogues are misbehaved and do not respect parameters given: - a bug should be filed at the respective projects - we could just not use the file...
BTW, not sure how repo validation is actually implemented, but maybe some code from borg could be copied for that purpose (maybe later, in a separate PR).
I can offer the same as last year.