NAME

       borg-repo-space - Manage reserved space in repository

SYNOPSIS

       borg [common options] repo-space [options]

DESCRIPTION

       This command manages reserved space in a repository.

       Borg  can  not  work  in  disk-full  conditions (can not lock a repo and thus can not run prune/delete or
       compact operations to free disk space).

       To avoid running into dead-end situations like that, you can put some objects into a repository that take
       up some disk space. If you ever run into a disk-full situation, you can free that  space  and  then  borg
       will be able to run normally, so you can free more disk space by using prune/delete/compact.  After that,
       don't forget to reserve space again, in case you run into that situation again at a later time.

       Examples:

          # Create a new repository:
          $ borg repo-create ...
          # Reserve approx. 1GB of space for emergencies:
          $ borg repo-space --reserve 1G

          # Check amount of reserved space in the repository:
          $ borg repo-space

          # EMERGENCY! Free all reserved space to get things back to normal:
          $ borg repo-space --free
          $ borg prune ...
          $ borg delete ...
          $ borg compact -v  # only this actually frees space of deleted archives
          $ borg repo-space --reserve 1G  # reserve space again for next time

       Reserved space is always rounded up to use full reservation blocks of 64MiB.

OPTIONS

       See borg-common(1) for common options of Borg commands.

   options
       --reserve SPACE
              Amount of space to reserve (e.g. 100M, 1G). Default: 0.

       --free Free all reserved space. Don't forget to reserve space later again.

SEE ALSO

       borg-common(1)

AUTHOR

       The Borg Collective

                                                   2025-08-04                                 BORG-REPO-SPACE(1)