borg importer

[ThomasWaldmann]

a borg -> borg importer could be used to change stuff that can only be given at repository creation time (borg1: borg init, borg2: borg rcreate), e.g. --encryption mode.

[ThomasWaldmann]

to access the data contained in the existing borg archives, there are 2 options:

• borg extract (might need a lot of space, but should support all metadata on a suitable fs)
• borg mount (does not support all metadata, requires FUSE support)

[nain-F49FF806]

Would borg export-tar | borg2 import-tar method work for this?

As also presented here https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/master/usage/tar.html#archives-transfer-script

Should take less space than borg extract (?) and provide more metadata than borg-mount.
Time required may be high. But for one time transfer, could be considered okay.

[ThomasWaldmann]

export/import-tar does not support all metadata.