BORG-KEY-MIGRATE-TO-REPOKEY(1)

📦 version 2.0.0b25, in ubuntu stonking

💖 BORG-KEY-MIGRATE-TO-REPOKEY 💖

okay bestie, so this is borg-key-migrate-to-repokey — the glow-up command that takes your repo from passphrase mode to repokey mode. it's a whole transformation arc and honestly? kinda iconic. 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

borg [common options] key migrate-to-repokey [options] [REPOSITORY]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so like, this command migrates a repository from passphrase mode — which, btw, got removed in Borg 1.0 😭 — all the way over to repokey mode. glow up fr fr. 💅

first things first: it's gonna ask you for the repository passphrase, so it can open the repo in passphrase mode. and yes, this is the same passphrase you used to use for this repo before 1.0. no cap, you gotta remember it. 🔑

then it'll derive the different secrets from this passphrase. the math is mathing ✨

after that, you'll be asked for a new passphrase — twice, for safety 🫶. this passphrase protects the repokey (which is lowkey holding those same secrets, just in encrypted form, iykyk). and here's the vibe: you may use the same passphrase as you used to use, or you may also use a different one. your call, main character. 👑

once you've migrated to repokey mode, you can change the passphrase at any time. but bestie, please note: the secrets will always stay the same, and they could always be derived from your (old) passphrase-mode passphrase. so that old passphrase is forever part of the lore. 💀

✨ OPTIONS ✨

see borg-common(1) for common options of Borg commands. that's where all the shared slay lives. 🌈

🎀 arguments

  • REPOSITORY — the repo you're migrating, bestie. the one getting the glow up. ✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

👑 AUTHOR 👑

The Borg Collective 🌸

and that's the whole thing, gorgeous! this page is from 2022-02-19 and it belongs to the borg backup tool, filed under BORG-KEY-MIGRATE-TO-REPOKEY(1). go migrate that repo, you absolute legend 💖✨🎀🦋

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