The file count is inconsistent between different command

[s-leroux]

While testing the rewrite command, I noticed the file count displayed in the snapshot table appears unreliable:

$ rustic $ rustic snapshots

snapshots for (host [kasimir], label [], paths [Project])
| ID       | Time                | Host    | Label | Tags | Paths   | Files | Dirs |      Size |
|----------|---------------------|---------|-------|------|---------|-------|------|-----------|
| edc721e3 | 2026-01-23 13:00:27 | kasimir |       |      | Project |  1191 |   88 | 120.3 MiB |
1 snapshot(s)

$ rustic rewrite --glob '*' edc721e3

$ rustic snapshots --all

snapshots for (host [kasimir], label [], paths [Project])
| ID       | Time                | Host    | Label | Tags | Paths   | Files | Dirs |      Size |
|----------|---------------------|---------|-------|------|---------|-------|------|-----------|
| edc721e3 | 2026-01-23 13:00:27 | kasimir |       |      | Project |  1191 |   88 | 120.3 MiB |
| 449c77ad | 2026-01-23 13:00:27 | kasimir |       |      | Project |   654 |   88 | 120.3 MiB |
2 snapshot(s)

total: 2 snapshot(s)

In the example above, the original snapshot (edc721e3) lists 1191 files, whereas the rewritten snapshot (449c77ad) lists 654.

[s-leroux]

The diff and find commands are also inconsistent:

$ rustic snapshots --all

snapshots for (host [kasimir], label [], paths [Project])
| ID       | Time                | Host    | Label | Tags | Paths   | Files | Dirs |      Size |
|----------|---------------------|---------|-------|------|---------|-------|------|-----------|
| edc721e3 | 2026-01-23 13:00:27 | kasimir |       |      | Project |  1191 |   88 | 120.3 MiB |
| 449c77ad | 2026-01-23 13:00:27 | kasimir |       |      | Project |   654 |   88 | 120.3 MiB |
2 snapshot(s)

total: 2 snapshot(s)

$ rustic diff edc721e3 449c77ad | grep '^Files'
Files   : 654 =, 0 +, 0 -, 0 M, 0 U
$ rustic find --glob '*' edc721e3 | fgrep 'sylvain' | wc -l 
1277
$ rustic find --glob '*' 449c77ad | fgrep 'sylvain' | wc -l 
1277

[aawsome]

Hi @s-leroux!
Thanks for reporting!

I must say, I cannot reproduce this. Could it be that you have special files? rustic-rs/rustic_core#466 should fix this for rewrite (however, this is not yet included in the nightly builds).

However, from

$ rustic diff edc721e3 449c77ad | grep '^Files'
Files : 654 =, 0 +, 0 -, 0 M, 0 U

it seems that edc721e3 does really only contain 654 files (which would mean that 449c77ad has the correct file count).

Can you please examine which are the correct counts? You can use rustic snapshots -i and the shortcut S to compute the statistics for every selection - and you can enter subtrees until you reach the deepest level for verification.

[s-leroux]

Can you please examine which are the correct counts? You can use rustic snapshots -i and the shortcut S to compute the statistics for every selection - and you can enter subtrees until you reach the deepest level for verification.

I am still stuck, so I can't give time to rustic yet.

Nevertheless, I checked again:

      ID              Time                   Host            Label   Tags    Paths      Files    Dirs    Size     █
       ▼  group                              109a0e940612                    Project                              █
                                                                                                                  █
          b7826f11    2026-01-23 14:10:29    109a0e940612                    Project    653      88      120.3 MiB█
                                   ┌snapshots summary───────────────────────────┐                                 █
                                   │                               1 snapshot(s)│                                 █
                                   │total size                     120.3 MiB    │                                 █
                                   │total files                    653          │                                 █
                                   │total dirs                     88           │                                 █
                                   │                                            │                                 █
                                   │total blobs                    733          │                                 █
                                   │total size after deduplication 113.6 MiB    │                                 █
                                   │total repoSize                 48.0 MiB     │                                 █
                                   │compression ratio              2.37         │                                 █
                                   └────────────────────────────────────────────┘                                 ║

snapshots for (host [109a0e940612], label [], paths [Project])
| ID       | Time                | Host         | Label | Tags | Paths   | Files | Dirs |      Size |
|----------|---------------------|--------------|-------|------|---------|-------|------|-----------|
| b7826f11 | 2026-01-23 14:10:29 | 109a0e940612 |       |      | Project |   653 |   88 | 120.3 MiB |
1 snapshot(s)

total: 1 snapshot(s)
$ rustic find --glob '*' b7826f11 | fgrep 'sylvain' | wc -l 
1276

Some context:

• It is rustic 0.10.3 installed with Cargo
• It runs in a Docker container (Debian-based)
• The "Project" folder is merely a copy of /etc (yes, I wasn't very inspired... }:|

$ du -sh ~/repo/
98M     /home/repo/

$ find Project -type f -ls | wc -l
654
$ find Project -type d -ls | wc -l
87
$ find Project -type l -ls | wc -l
537
$ find Project -type p -ls | wc -l
0
$ find Project -type s -ls | wc -l
0

If you want, I can send you the repo by mail for further investigations.