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@fd0 I agree that adding this to the backup command can be done without much code changes. As I had a bit of time while the childs were playing, I...

> So this will look at all snapshots in the repo, and use any that contain the same files/directories as the current backup? No, only the snapshots given manually by...

> We'll probably want to add a hard limit though. Loading too many trees will otherwise cause some slow-down. Could snapshots with several thousand paths slow things down? I would...

> Ah, sorry about that, I'm new to github. Is there a way I can tell a change is the final version before a submit? We have the convention that...

> I had a thought this morning: how do excludes interact with the reliance on paths as a proxy for files? I think they can break this algorithm, but I...

@chastings667 #3121 is now in stat that I would judge as ready for review. Would be nice if you can test it and report if this suits your needs or...

I put a compiled linux binary here: https://github.com/aawsome/restic/raw/multiple-parents-executable/restic-multiple-parents But please make sure that you use binaries from untrusted sources (like this one) only in environments where they cannot do any...

@chastings667 Thanks for testing! Two remarks: - `backup -v` lists which parents are actually used - in your example, another run of `backup ./data/d` and then `backup ./data` should also...

> 7. backup ./data => ce25e84b (parents 552c454e ffa46959) > > At first I thought #7 was a bug, since the data hasn't changed and using the snapshot from #5...

> > Consider these three cmds, run in order: > > ``` > > backup /home/foo > > backup /home/bar > > backup /home > > ``` > > What...