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Merge pull request #6162 from hexagonrecursion/gfs

Backport: docs: add note about GFS (#6006)
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@@ -3905,6 +3905,9 @@ class Archiver:
         The prune command prunes a repository by deleting all archives not matching
         any of the specified retention options. This command is normally used by
         automated backup scripts wanting to keep a certain number of historic backups.
+        This retention policy is commonly referred to as
+        `GFS <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backup_rotation_scheme#Grandfather-father-son>`_
+        (Grandfather-father-son) backup rotation scheme.
 
         Also, prune automatically removes checkpoint archives (incomplete archives left
         behind by interrupted backup runs) except if the checkpoint is the latest