[New User] Config store, Dedup, Change Track & History, Save excluded data metadata, .include, custom .ignore

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A. Basic Question where config is stored

  1. Can I backup same data from same PC (but from different OS) to same external disk .

2.1 Everything I need except the config is in the repo ? If I loose access to current PC and just remember the password I will be able to restore ?

2.2 Is repo config stored in repo ? Kopia has this, i keep every policy inside repo.

B. Backup method

  1. Forever full backups/DeDuplication - Option Delete changes older than x, Where only fullbackup is taken once then incrementals are merged. I have heard terms like, snapshot and CBT but understand it.

C. How to

  1. How to check Backups ?

  2. How to restore selective directories ?

D. Features 1

  1. Save “Ghost” of excluded data i.e. only Filename, Metadata and Folder-Structure.

Use Case: I exclude data from internet but I want to know that data is excluded when I restore so I want to save/restore filenames, directory structure, and metadata like file created , last edited.

E. Weird Questions

  1. “File Change Tracker” to see summary of what files are moved/deleted/renamed between to backups.
    Like kopia has diff(https:// kopia. io/docs/reference/command-line/common/diff/)

  2. “File History” to see previous version of files.
    Like kopia https:// kopia.discourse .group/t/is-there-a-way-to-view-a-single-file-history-across-all-snapshots/1378/4

F. Feature 2

9.1 Multi-profile using custom .ignore filename ?
Use Case: Create “profile 2” which backups “super important” to cloud with stronger password. Can I create .ignore2 or .IgnoreCloud.

9.2 .ignore files custom names, like kopia has -

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  1. Option to “only include” what is selected e.g. .include ?

G. Feature 3

  1. How to Backup Selective Parts without it creating another repo inside repo ?

I don’t want to spend 30m waiting for it to snapshot the whole disk with no changes, so is there a way to tell Duplicacy “look here I made changes backup those” (and in doing so It should consider the part-backup part of the whole disk backup so to not create “another backup inside the same repo with duplicate data”).

H. Weird Questions

  1. Is Duplicacy considered enterprise level ?

  2. Is Duplicacy UI good enough? What can I get extra after learning CLI, how much time it would take ?