borg-version(1)

✨ borg-version(1) ✨

okay bestie, so borg-version is literally here to tell you which version of Borg you're running — client side AND server side. it's the version check page for the borg backup tool and it's lowkey the most chill command in the whole suite 💖

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🌸 NAME 🌸

borg-version — Displays the Borg client and server versions.

like. that's it. that's the job. and she does it flawlessly 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

borg [common options] version [options]

yes queen, version is the subcommand. nothing fancy, just vibes ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This command displays the Borg client and server versions. no cap, that's the whole plot 🫶

For current repositories the client code directly accesses the repository (also for <ssh://> repositories), so the client version is shown as the server version, too. so like... same number twice. it's giving mirror selfie 😭

If a legacy (borg 1.x / v1) repository is given via <ssh://> together with --from-borg1, the remote Borg is queried, and its version is displayed as the server version. ooh a remote query?? we love a long-distance relationship 🌈

Examples:

# local repository
$ borg -r /mnt/backup version
2.0.0 / 2.0.0

# legacy remote repository (client uses 2.0.0, server uses 1.4.5 release)
$ borg -r ssh://borg@borgbackup/repo version --from-borg1
2.0.0 / 1.4.5

see how the second one is mismatched?? iconic. chaotic. correct. 👑

Due to the version tuple format used in Borg client/server negotiation, only a simplified version is displayed (as provided by borg.version.format_version). so it's the short lil version, not the whole essay 📝

You can also use borg --version to display a potentially more precise client version. so if you need the ✨detailed✨ tea, that's your girl 💜

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💖 OPTIONS 💖

See borg-common(1) for common options of Borg commands. (the shared menu, bestie, everybody orders from it 🍓)

⭐ options ⭐

• --json — format output as JSON. machine-readable, no vibes required, but very slay for scripting 🤖✨
• --from-borg1 — repository is Borg 1.x. use this when your repo is an old-soul legacy queen from the 1.x era 🕰️👑

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🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

• borg-common(1)

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👑 Author 👑

The Borg Collective — fr fr, the whole collective. we all did this together 💖🫶

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and that's the page, bestie!! go forth and check your versions, you absolute main character 💅✨

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