Automatically make a backup of the `config.php` file
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Description
My config.php file recently got completely wiped somehow and now I have to start over. I don't know for sure what caused it but I installed a backup app shortly before it happened. Regardless of whether it was user error on my part or something external like an app, I think it would be a good idea that a file this important be automatically backed up, eg something like config.old.php. I'm not an expert but KeePassXC does this with its password database and I'm sure other programs do the same so I think this would be a relatively simple task to do.
Thanks in advance for your attention.
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Research direction
Start by locating how config.php is created, written, and updated in the Nextcloud server. Define the backup timing, naming, retention, and recovery behavior before identifying suitable tests; done means the behavior is specified and covered without risking configuration or secret exposure.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100