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Borg 2 has been in development for nearly a year and a half [1] and may probably be released early next year, i.e., early 2024 (just a guess, seeing that even RC1 is not yet released and seems to have a lot of work to be done).

Does anyone know how Borg 1.x and 2 would compare to Kopia?

[1]: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/issues/6602

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Borg 2 is usable in my experience. It’s a breaking change. So tgr developer seems to be mulling over whether to release what is available or add in more breaking changes at this point.

I tried borg and liked it but I couldn't see how to purge 'file.big' out of prior backups. i.e. one you knew for sure you didn't need any more and would achieve disk space recovery.

You can do it, although the ergonomics are not terrific: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage/recreate.h... (see the examples).

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