Modified: CHANGELOG.md

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Added
+- Support saving hourly snapshots. [#98](https://github.com/erikw/restic-automatic-backup-scheduler/pull/98)
+
 ### Fixed
 - Full path to `/bin/bash` in sytemd services. [#96](https://github.com/erikw/restic-automatic-backup-scheduler/issues/96)
 

bin/restic_backup.sh

@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ restic forget \
 	--option b2.connections="$B2_CONNECTIONS" \
 	--prune \
 	--group-by "paths,tags" \
+	--keep-hourly "$RESTIC_RETENTION_HOURS" \  
 	--keep-daily "$RESTIC_RETENTION_DAYS" \
 	--keep-weekly "$RESTIC_RETENTION_WEEKS" \
 	--keep-monthly "$RESTIC_RETENTION_MONTHS" \

etc/restic/default.env.sh

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export RESTIC_BACKUP_TAG=systemd.timer
 
 # Retention policy - How many backups to keep.
 # See https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/stable/060_forget.html?highlight=month#removing-snapshots-according-to-a-policy
+export RESTIC_RETENTION_HOURS=1
 export RESTIC_RETENTION_DAYS=14
 export RESTIC_RETENTION_WEEKS=16
 export RESTIC_RETENTION_MONTHS=18