Add init backend config to automatically initialize restic repository
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When this option is set to `true`, the backend will automatically get initialized during the backup process. This applies to invoking `autorestic backup` or when `autorestic cron` actualy performs a backup.
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This PR adds a new
initoption to the backend config. Settinginit: trueon a backend makes it so thatautoresticwill automatically initialize theresticrepository that powers that backend.This initialization is done in a lazy fashion. If the repository is already initialized nothing will happen.
The initialization process will happen when a backup is triggered through:
autorestic backup ...autorestic cron(the initialization happens only when the backup happens, not during each invocation of the cron handler)Note that I've updated
autorestic checkto keep its auto-init behavior but to rely on the new implementation for this PR.Checking if a repo exists is done by calling
restic cat configas documented in https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/075_scripting.html#check-if-a-repository-is-already-initialized. I chose this method over the existing method of callingrestic checkbecause this method performs fewer IO operations on the repository. This matters in cases where the repo is stored on a cloud platform where these IO operations turn into API calls which end up costing money for the user.