A trailing dot appears in the end of filenames

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• The output of restic version:
restic 0.17.1 compiled with go1.23.1 on linux/amd64
• The complete commands that you ran (leading up to the problem or to reproduce the problem):
restic --repo /mnt/backup/tmp_restic backup /mnt/225

I noticed that original files with names of the following format:
DOC-20230417-WA0000
gained a trailing dot and became:
DOC-20230417-WA0000.

The trailing dot is there when I mount the repo to browse the contents of the backup, and also when I restore the backup. There is no dot in the name of the original files. Other files (which have a dot followed by the file extension or a dot just anywhere in the file name) are not affected.

Any feedback will be appreciated

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I’ve never seen anything like that. I checked my backups and I could not find any such trailing dots (same restic version). Do you see the dots also in restic ls latest or only when mounting the repository?

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Upon further investigation, it’s now much less clear where the dots came from and whether restic had anything to do with them. I’d prefer to delete this topic if I knew how, but will mark it as solved as the next best thing. Sorry and thanks

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