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Migration from 1.7 to 1.8

Config files

• The config version have been changed
• You can now configure restore hooks

See detailed instructions below.

Config Version

The version field of the config file has been changed from 2 to 3.

Hooks

Since 1.8 both backup and restore hooks are possible. For this reason, backup hooks have been moved one layer deeper, you have to move them in a backup object.

Before:

locations:
  l1:
    # ...
    from: /foo/bar
    hooks:
      before:
        - pwd

After:

locations:
  l1:
    # ...
    from: /foo/bar
    hooks:
      backup:
        before:
          - pwd
      restore:
        after:
          - echo "My super restore hook"