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@ -10,16 +10,6 @@ pre and post snapshot before and after pacman transactions using pacman's hooks
feature, similar to how YaST does with OpenSuse. This provides a simple way to
undo changes to a system after a pacman transaction.
The snapshots are set up to use snapper's `number` algorithm. That is, snapper
will periodically clean up snapshots tagged with `number` after reaching a set
threshold in the snapper configuration file.
**Note:** Snapshots are only taken of the subvolume corresponding with the
`root` snapper config; other subvolumes are not included. You must modify the
scripts to include other subvolumes. Additionally, you should create subvolumes
of directories you do *not* want included in your snapshots (*e.g.*
`/var/cache/pacman/pkg`).
## Installation
Install [the package from the
@ -32,7 +22,15 @@ scripts are located at `/usr/share/libalpm/hooks.bin/snap-pac`.
The configuration file is located at `/etc/snap-pac.conf`. There you can choose
which snapper configurations of which to take snapshots, the descriptions used
for the snapshots, and the snapper algorithm to use.
for the snapshots, and the snapper algorithm to use. Changing the file should be
self-explanatory.
By default, the snapshots are set up to use snapper's `number` algorithm. That
is, snapper will periodically clean up snapshots tagged with `number` after
reaching a set threshold in the snapper configuration file.
Additionally, by default, snapshots are only taken of the subvolume
corresponding with the `root` snapper config; other subvolumes are not included.
## Usage