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+Bugfix: Fix rare crash if directory is removed during backup
+
+In restic 0.18.0, the `backup` command could crash if a directory is removed
+inbetween reading its metadata and listing its directory content.
+
+This has been fixed.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5421