NAME

       restic-rewrite - Rewrite snapshots to exclude unwanted files

SYNOPSIS

       restic rewrite [flags] [snapshotID ...]

DESCRIPTION

       The  "rewrite"  command  excludes  files from existing snapshots. It creates new snapshots containing the
       same data as the original ones, but without the files you specify to exclude. All metadata  (time,  host,
       tags) will be preserved.

       The snapshots to rewrite are specified using the --host, --tag and --path options, or by providing a list
       of  snapshot  IDs.  Please note that specifying neither any of these options nor a snapshot ID will cause
       the command to rewrite all snapshots.

       The special tag 'rewrite' will be added to the new snapshots to distinguish them from the original  ones,
       unless  --forget is used. If the --forget option is used, the original snapshots will instead be directly
       removed from the repository.

       Please note that the --forget option only removes the snapshots and not the actual  data  stored  in  the
       repository. In order to delete the no longer referenced data, use the "prune" command.

       When  rewrite is used with the --snapshot-summary option, a new snapshot is created containing statistics
       summary  data.  Only  two  fields  in   the   summary   will   be   non-zero:   TotalFilesProcessed   and
       TotalBytesProcessed.

       When  rewrite  is  called  with one of the --exclude options, TotalFilesProcessed and TotalBytesProcessed
       will be updated in the snapshot summary.

EXIT STATUS

       Exit status is 0 if the command was successful.  Exit status is 1 if there was any error.  Exit status is
       10 if the repository does not exist.  Exit status is 11 if the repository is already locked.  Exit status
       is 12 if the password is incorrect.

OPTIONS

       -n, --dry-run[=false]      do not do anything, just print what would be done

       -e, --exclude=[]      exclude a pattern (can be specified multiple times)

       --exclude-file=[]      read exclude patterns from a file (can be specified multiple times)

       --forget[=false]      remove original snapshots after creating new ones

       -h, --help[=false]      help for rewrite

       -H, --host=[]      only consider snapshots for this host (can  be  specified  multiple  times)  (default:
       $RESTIC_HOST)

       --iexclude=[]      same as --exclude pattern but ignores the casing of filenames

       --iexclude-file=[]      same as --exclude-file but ignores casing of filenames in patterns

       --new-host=""      replace hostname

       --new-time=""      replace time of the backup

       --path=[]       only  consider snapshots including this (absolute) path (can be specified multiple times,
       snapshots must include all specified paths)

       -s, --snapshot-summary[=false]      create snapshot summary record if it does not exist

       --tag=[]      only consider snapshots including tag[,tag,...] (can be specified multiple times)

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

       --cacert=[]      file to load root certificates from (default: use system certificates or $RESTIC_CACERT)

       --cache-dir=""      set the cache directory. (default: use system default cache directory)

       --cleanup-cache[=false]      auto remove old cache directories

       --compression=auto      compression mode (only  available  for  repository  format  version  2),  one  of
       (auto|off|max) (default: $RESTIC_COMPRESSION)

       --http-user-agent=""      set a http user agent for outgoing http requests

       --insecure-no-password[=false]       use  an  empty  password for the repository, must be passed to every
       restic command (insecure)

       --insecure-tls[=false]       skip  TLS  certificate  verification  when  connecting  to  the   repository
       (insecure)

       --json[=false]      set output mode to JSON for commands that support it

       --key-hint=""      key ID of key to try decrypting first (default: $RESTIC_KEY_HINT)

       --limit-download=0      limits downloads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)

       --limit-upload=0      limits uploads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)

       --no-cache[=false]      do not use a local cache

       --no-extra-verify[=false]      skip additional verification of data before upload (see documentation)

       --no-lock[=false]      do not lock the repository, this allows some operations on read-only repositories

       -o, --option=[]      set extended option (key=value, can be specified multiple times)

       --pack-size=0        set   target  pack  size  in  MiB,  created  pack  files  may  be  larger  (default:
       $RESTIC_PACK_SIZE)

       --password-command=""       shell  command   to   obtain   the   repository   password   from   (default:
       $RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND)

       -p, --password-file=""      file to read the repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE)

       -q, --quiet[=false]      do not output comprehensive progress report

       -r, --repo=""      repository to backup to or restore from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY)

       --repository-file=""      file to read the repository location from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY_FILE)

       --retry-lock=0s       retry  to  lock the repository if it is already locked, takes a value like 5m or 2h
       (default: no retries)

       --stuck-request-timeout=5m0s      duration after which to retry stuck requests

       --tls-client-cert=""      path to a file containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate  and  private  key
       (default: $RESTIC_TLS_CLIENT_CERT)

       -v, --verbose[=0]      be verbose (specify multiple times or a level using --verbose=n``, max level/times
       is 2)

SEE ALSO

       restic(1)

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