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.

EXIT STATUS

       Exit status is 0 if the command was successful, and non-zero if there was any error.

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)

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

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

       --path=[]       only  consider  snapshots including this (absolute) path (can be specified
       multiple times)

       --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)

       --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)

       --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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