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[![License](https://img.shields.io/aur/license/snap-pac.svg)](https://github.com/wesbarnett/snap-pac/blob/master/LICENSE)
[![AUR Votes](https://img.shields.io/aur/votes/snap-pac.svg)](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/snap-pac/)
This makes Arch Linux's pacman use
This causes Arch Linux's pacman to use
[snapper](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Snapper) to automatically take a
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.
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* [Installation](#installation)
* [Configuration](#configuration)
* [Usage](#usage)
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* [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)
* [License](#license)
* [See also](#see-also)
* [Did you like this project?](#did-you-like-this-project?)
## Installation
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directly, through an AUR helper, or using an alias—snapper will create the
snapshots when pacman installs, upgrades, or removes a package. The
pacman command used is logged in the snapper description for the
snapshots.
snapshots. Additionally the snapshot numbers are output to the screen and to the
pacman log for each snapper configuration during the pacman transaction.
### Undoing a transaction
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*snap-pac* saves the pre snapshot's number in a temporary file. Somehow it got
removed before the post snapshot could be taken. When you initially install
*snap-pac* the post hook is run, but the pre hook never was, so this message
will show up then as well.
will show up then as well and is safe to ignore in that circumstance.
**I see an "N/A" next to one of my snapper configurations in the hook's output**
**"N/A" next to one of the snapper configurations in the hook's output**
snap-pac lists all snapper configurations it finds and tells you which ones it
took a snapshot of. "N/A" means the configuration is not set up for snap-pac, so
no snapshot was taken.
*snap-pac* lists all snapper configurations it finds and tells you which ones it
took a snapshot of along with the snapshot number. "N/A" means the configuration
is not set up for snap-pac, so no snapshot was taken for that snapper
configuration. See [configuration](#configuration).
See [configuration](#configuration).
**Other problems**
If you have a problem not listed here, check the [open
issues](https://github.com/wesbarnett/snap-pac/issues) and file new issue if
your problem is not listed.
## License
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* `man alpm-hooks`
* `man btrfs`
* `man snapper`
## Did you like this project?
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