Why does restic store over 2GB of data in ~/Library/Cache/restic?

[jakehemmerle]

OS: macOS

I’m cleaning stuff off my drive (now that it’s backed up with restic) and I found a cache in my ~/Library/Cache/restic folder. Why?

I assume I can safely delete this?

[cdhowie]

@jakehemmerle

I’m cleaning stuff off my drive (now that it’s backed up with restic) and I found a cache in my ~/Library/Cache/restic folder. Why?

This is a cache of indexes and trees in the repository so that restic can deduplicate objects much faster in scenarios where you are running backups on a regular basis.

@jakehemmerle

I assume I can safely delete this?

Yes. The cache will be reconstructed the next time you run a backup, unless you specify --no-cache.