Does rdiff-backup intelligently handle log file rotation? about rdiff-backup

[ericzolf]

You're right, rdiff-backup doesn't try to recognize renamed files, that would also be a huge change, and would introduce quite some delays to compare files in an intelligent manner. We could offer the possibility to steer it via command line, so I mark it as enhancement but don't hold your breath on this one.

[ottok]

This is a general limitation in rsync/rdiff – it just compares file contents, not files and their locations, and thus does not detect renames/moves.

For this use case I suggest configuring logrotate to use the dateext configuration so that old log files keep the same name all the time.

[jsoref]

In this case, there's no logrotate, just a default behavior of letsencrypt certbot.

[ericzolf]

I don't see this enhancement coming any time soon so I just close it. Once we've addressed the more necessary/obvious issues, we might come back to it, but it might never happen. Sorry!

[ericzolf]

And additionally I realise that it's a duplicate of #68

[ottok]

You shouldn't close issues too easily? Just document that you yourself will not work on this in the foreseeable future, but contributions are welcome. Unless, of course, you specifically don't want this feature.

[ericzolf]

Anyway a duplicate of a still open bug but for the sake of the discussion: I don't think it helps a project to have too many issues, especially ones which aren't currently in the focus of the development. So do I want today a new feature which will complicate the code base, the answer is clearly no.