From 24547e4efd3a45b36b3bea8c29cfc687230a6d3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christophe Besson Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:15:48 +0200 Subject: feat(android): send a manifest of what each backup run sent Photos, videos and files record, per file, their path on the node, their path and album on the phone, dates, size and SHA-256, uploaded as meshbay-manifest/manifest-.jsonl once the run is done. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 --- docs/USERGUIDE.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs/USERGUIDE.md') diff --git a/docs/USERGUIDE.md b/docs/USERGUIDE.md index 207e57e..dc57f27 100644 --- a/docs/USERGUIDE.md +++ b/docs/USERGUIDE.md @@ -479,6 +479,11 @@ backup at all. earlier copy, with `-modified-` and the date in its name; nothing is ever replaced, and a file you delete on the phone stays in the group. +Beside your photos and files, a `meshbay-manifest` folder holds a small file +per backup run that records where each one came from on the phone (its +album or folder, its original name and dates). It is what will let a restore +put everything back where it was. Leave it in place. + If a backup cannot go on (the node's disk is full, the folder no longer accepts files, somebody else joined the group), it stops, says why once in a notification and on the Android Sync page, and tries again the next day. -- cgit v1.2.3