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@@ -148,9 +148,9 @@ feedback](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/#issues) you have on this feature.
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#### Subvolume discovery
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-For any read-write subvolume you'd like backed up, add its path to borgmatic's
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-`source_directories` option. Btrfs does not support snapshotting read-only
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-subvolumes.
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+For any read-write subvolume you'd like backed up, add its mount point path to
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+borgmatic's `source_directories` option. Btrfs does not support snapshotting
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+read-only subvolumes.
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<span class="minilink minilink-addedin">New in version 1.9.6</span> Or include
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the mount point as a root pattern with borgmatic's `patterns` or `patterns_from`
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@@ -161,27 +161,27 @@ includes the snapshotted files in the paths sent to Borg. borgmatic is also
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responsible for cleaning up (deleting) these snapshots after a backup completes.
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borgmatic is smart enough to look at the parent (and grandparent, etc.)
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-directories of each of your `source_directories` to discover any subvolumes.
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-For instance, let's say you add `/var/log` and `/var/lib` to your source
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-directories, but `/var` is a subvolume. borgmatic will discover that and
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-snapshot `/var` accordingly. This also works even with nested subvolumes;
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+directories of each of your `source_directories` to discover any subvolumes. For
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+instance, let's say you add `/var/log` and `/var/lib` to your source
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+directories, but `/var` is a subvolume mount point. borgmatic will discover that
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+and snapshot `/var` accordingly. This also works even with nested subvolumes;
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borgmatic selects the subvolume that's the "closest" parent to your source
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directories.
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<span class="minilink minilink-addedin">New in version 1.9.6</span> When using
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[patterns](https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage/help.html#borg-help-patterns),
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the initial portion of a pattern's path that you intend borgmatic to match
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-against a subvolume can't have globs or other non-literal characters in it—or it
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-won't actually match. For instance, a subvolume of `/var` would match a pattern
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-of `+ fm:/var/*/data`, but borgmatic isn't currently smart enough to match
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-`/var` to a pattern like `+ fm:/v*/lib/data`.
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-
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-Additionally, borgmatic rewrites the snapshot file paths so that they appear
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-at their original subvolume locations in a Borg archive. For instance, if your
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-subvolume exists at `/var/subvolume`, then the snapshotted files will appear
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+against a subvolume mount point can't have globs or other non-literal characters
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+in it—or it won't actually match. For instance, a subvolume mount point of
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+`/var` would match a pattern of `+ fm:/var/*/data`, but borgmatic isn't
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+currently smart enough to match `/var` to a pattern like `+ fm:/v*/lib/data`.
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+
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+Additionally, borgmatic rewrites the snapshot file paths so that they appear at
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+their original subvolume locations in a Borg archive. For instance, if your
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+subvolume is mounted at `/var/subvolume`, then the snapshotted files will appear
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in an archive at `/var/subvolume` as well—even if borgmatic has to mount the
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-snapshot somewhere in `/var/subvolume/.borgmatic-snapshot-1234/` to perform
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-the backup.
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+snapshot somewhere in `/var/subvolume/.borgmatic-snapshot-1234/` to perform the
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+backup.
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<span class="minilink minilink-addedin">With Borg version 1.2 and
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earlier</span>Snapshotted files are instead stored at a path dependent on the
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