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Is there a way to automatically take a btrfs snapshot prior to upgrading? (programming.dev)
submitted 5 days ago by JackbyDev@programming.dev to c/archlinux@lemmy.ml
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I've seen some tools that do things like take snapshots periodically and ones that add snapshots to grub, but not this specifically. Does something exist?

This will probably be on EndeavourOS, not Arch directly, if it matters.

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[–] Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 2 points 4 days ago

The AUR package btrfs-autosnap does this. You define which subvolumes need to be snapshotted and how many it should keep of each. It adds a pacman hook that then takes a snapshot before updating.