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add sftp: / borgstore to quickstart docs

Thomas Waldmann 9 months ago
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@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ A passphrase should be a single line of text. Any trailing linefeed will be
 stripped.
 stripped.
 
 
 Do not use empty passphrases, as these can be trivially guessed, which does not
 Do not use empty passphrases, as these can be trivially guessed, which does not
-leave any encrypted data secure. 
+leave any encrypted data secure.
 
 
 Avoid passphrases containing non-ASCII characters.
 Avoid passphrases containing non-ASCII characters.
 Borg can process any unicode text, but problems may arise at input due to text
 Borg can process any unicode text, but problems may arise at input due to text
@@ -420,6 +420,15 @@ You can also use other remote filesystems in a similar way. Just be careful,
 not all filesystems out there are really stable and working good enough to
 not all filesystems out there are really stable and working good enough to
 be acceptable for backup usage.
 be acceptable for backup usage.
 
 
+Other kinds of repositories
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+Due to using the `borgstore` project, borg now also supports other kinds of
+(remote) repositories besides `file:` and `ssh:`:
+
+- sftp: the borg client will directly talk to an sftp server.
+  This does not require borg being installed on the sftp server.
+- Others may come in the future, adding backends to `borgstore` is rather simple.
 
 
 Restoring a backup
 Restoring a backup
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