Multiple source folders in single backup

[tabic]

It would be nice to specify multiple source folders in a single backup like this

restic_backups:
  data:
    name: data
    repo: remove
    src:
      - /path/to/data
      - /path/to/data123
      - /path/to/other/data

[mleutenegger]

Intresting thought to have the option to specify multiple backups. What would be the main benefit of using this over specifying multiple backups to the same repository?

The way I see it,

restic_backups:
  data:
    name: data
    repo: remove
    src:
      - /path/to/data
      - /path/to/data123
      - /path/to/other/data

would be identical to

restic_backups:
  data:
    name: data
    repo: remove
    src: /path/to/data
  data123:
    name: data123
    repo: remove
    src: /path/to/data123
  otherdata:
    name: otherdata
    repo: remove
    src: /path/to/other/data

[tabic]

Yes, it's identical but much more to type (or copy/paste).

[mleutenegger]

I would see this as beneficial. If you have the time to create a PR, I'd be happy to include this feature!

[ptoulouse]

Another benefit is that it allows the path to be backed up together in the same cron schedule, running restic once.