dar-backup v2 Stable 1.0 released

This is a promotion of v2-beta-0.8.4 to v2 Stable 1.0 :-)

🔐 GPG Signature Verification

Instructions for verifying release files using the provided GPG signatures are available in the documentation.

dar-backup 2.0 Beta (v0.8.4) – only use -D when restoring FULL

This is a maintenance release with a restore fix:

• Dar-backup now only uses "-D" when restoring FULL
  • A test case on my dar-backup-image repo does not delete a lone file in a directory if -D is used restoring from a DIFF.

The issue was found while working on a backup/restore Action test on my dar-backup-image repo.

🔐 GPG Signature Verification

Instructions for verifying release files using the provided GPG signatures are available in the documentation.

dar-backup 2.0 Beta (v0.8.3) – overwrite / remove files on restore

This is a maintenance release with a restore fix:

• Dar-backup now deletes files if noted as "removed" in the archive catalog for DIFF and INCR backups.
  • This ensures a restore of a FULL + DIFF + INCR matches the files in the source directories.
  • Options '-wa' & '-/ Oo' added to the restore command.

The issue was found while working on a backup/restore Action test on my dar-backup-image repo.

🔐 GPG Signature Verification

Instructions for verifying release files using the provided GPG signatures are available in the documentation.

dar-backup 2.0 Beta (v0.8.2) – security hardening (input sanitizer)

This release is a feature improvement in the security department :-)

• Security hardening: CommandRunner now performs strict command-line sanitization

  • Disallows potentially dangerous characters (e.g. ;, &, |) in command arguments
  • Prevents injection-style misuse when restoring specific files or invoking custom commands

• Documentation:

  • New README section explains filename restrictions and safe workarounds (e.g. restoring directly with dar, if needed)
  • Includes a Markdown table listing all disallowed characters

• Test suite:

  • Existing test cases updated to comply with the new sanitization rules
  • Additional tests ensure CommandRunner handles large binary output and edge cases cleanly

🔐 GPG Signature Verification
Instructions for verifying release files using the provided GPG signatures are available in the documentation.

dar-backup 2.0 Beta (v0.8.1) – 1 FIX

This is a maintenance release with 1 FIX.

• FIX to CommandRunner + 2 test cases

🔐 GPG Signature Verification
Instructions for verifying release files using the provided GPG signatures are available in the documentation.

dar-backup 2.0 Beta (v0.8.0) – celebrate 1000 clones, closing in on `1.0`

Beta Release of dar-backup

dar-back has today been cloned 1000+ times since I started counting. To me that is a milestone worth celebrating :-)

Notable Changes in v2-beta-0.8.0

Modified clone dashboard generator to produce easier to read dashboard and be more robust.
Dir_traversal sanitation: clean_log.py now only accepts files in configured log directory to `--file` option.

🔐 GPG Signature Verification
Instructions for verifying release files using the provided GPG signatures are available in the documentation.

Associated repos:

ClonePulse

I have had fun making a small focused (spinoff from this) template repo ClonePulse which features:

• fetch Github clone stats and store in a json file in the repo
• auto annotations of "daily max"
• Badge generation
• Dashboard generator of 12 weeks of clone stats
  • Show annotations

dar-backup-image

I have also started a fun litlle repo dar-backup-image, which is about putting dar-backup in a Docker image.

dar-backup 2.0 Beta (v0.7.2) – Log file roll, pyproject.toml control

Beta Release of dar-backup

This beta release 1 improvement along with infrastructure changes.

🔧 Notable Changes

• One new feature - build in (configurable) log file roll
• Refactored build system, all dependencies now kept in pyproject.toml
• Learning to use the Snyk code checker

🔐 GPG Signature Verification
Instructions for verifying release files using the provided GPG signatures are available in the documentation.

dar-backup 2.0 Beta (v0.7.1) – Featuring Quick Guide & Installer

Beta Release of dar-backup

This beta release introduces several packaging improvements along with minor updates to dar-backup itself.

🔧 Notable Changes

• Quick Guide added — a concise overview to help you determine if dar-backup fits your needs
• New installer script to streamline setup: directories, systemd service and timer units, and more
• dar-backup now runs silently by default unless verbosity options are provided
• SPDX license headers added to many source files
• Installation procedure fixed in the documentation and script

📊 GitHub Enhancements

• Clone statistics are now automatically recorded in a file with timestamped annotations
• A weekly-updated dashboard (PNG) displays clone activity for the past 12 weeks
• Added various repository badges for visibility

🔐 GPG Signature Verification

Instructions for verifying release files using the provided GPG signatures are available in the documentation.

dar-backup v2 beta v. 0.6.21 released

This is (primarily) a documentation fix & update release 🎉

Doc highlights:

• installation instructions were missing the python3-venv package (bommer!)
• the --selection option to dar-backup now better explained
• the signing documentation now in collasible sections
• some spelling errors
• Not CPL 3, but GPL 3 license ! 😬

Installer:

• A new installer has been added:
• Create directories from a provided dar-backup.conf file (made by the user)
• Optionally also create catalog databases from backup definitions

I think this is the last release in the 0.6.x series.

I will probably bump the version number to 0.7.1 for the next one and do not expect many changes before the 2.0 version (as a 1.x bash based version exists)

dar-backup v2 beta v. 0.6.20.1 released

Changes:

• FIX: modify faulty bash / zsh completers not taking the new optional MANAGER_DB_DIR config option into consideration.
• Completers now sort on these parts of an archive name: <backup definition> and <archive date>. Should make it easier to find "stuff"

GnuPG signed packages attached to this release.

• To verify the packages, see the README.md paragrap on signing.