nextcloud / nextcloud/nextcloudpi
Possibility to exclude trashbin from automatic backup
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Description
I have enabled automatic backups on NextcloudPi. On my small system with a few users, a lot of deleted files have accumulated over time. All deleted files were included in the automatic backup. So my backup had 80GB before a trashbin delete, while it only had ~35GB afterwards.
Describe the solution you'd like
I would like to have a way to not have to include the recycle bin in the automatic backup creation by e.g. using a setting. This way I don't have to delete the recycle bin of every user from time to time (because otherwise the backup file would become quite large again over time) and be still able to restore older deleted files from the recycle bin.
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Research direction
The issue concerns NextcloudPi's automatic backup creation and whether deleted files in users' recycle bins are included. Start by locating the automatic-backup entry point and its handling of trashbins; done means a setting can exclude them while preserving the ability to restore older deleted files.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- shell
- Domain
- infrastructure
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100