From e07efdf68f25abee466a69aae405c55d4418009b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Helfman Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 09:16:58 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add documentation note about using includes for specifying passphrases (#769). --- docs/how-to/provide-your-passwords.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/how-to/provide-your-passwords.md b/docs/how-to/provide-your-passwords.md index 99b56e4..b06d20f 100644 --- a/docs/how-to/provide-your-passwords.md +++ b/docs/how-to/provide-your-passwords.md @@ -90,3 +90,9 @@ Additionally, borgmatic action hooks support their own [variable interpolation](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/add-preparation-and-cleanup-steps-to-backups/#variable-interpolation), although in that case it's for particular borgmatic runtime values rather than (only) environment variables. + +Lastly, if you do want to specify your passhprase directly within borgmatic +configuration, but you'd like to keep it in a separate file from your main +configuration, you can [use a configuration include or a merge +include](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/make-per-application-backups/#configuration-includes) +to pull in an external password.