Is it possible to easily identify snapshots that are identical?
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Description
I guess this is more a btrfs question, probably to do with generation, but if i have a list of backups, is there an easy way to identify which are identical to the previous one? Ie, no changes since last backup.
I was just thinking it might be nice for btrbk to be able to identify those identical backups, if it wasnt too disk intensive to do.
This might be pre-btrfs level thinking on my part because i guess if they are identical they should not be using any disk space.
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The issue mentions no files, tests, or entry points. First investigate how btrbk represents and compares snapshots, and whether btrfs provides a lightweight identity or generation check; done means reliably identifying consecutive unchanged backups without an impractical disk-intensive comparison.
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- Tech stack
- perl
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
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- Over a week
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- 25/100