Clarify cache location documentation

PR #1287 changed the default cache location on darwin and windows.
Update the changelog and manual to reflect the new behavior.

Since the cache hasn't been included in an official release yet, I've
just changed the main cache changelog entry.

Fixes #1309
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Michael Pratt
2017-10-02 20:15:37 -07:00
committed by Alexander Neumann
parent abe6e0d22d
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@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ Important Changes in 0.X.Y
* We've added a local cache for metadata so that restic doesn't need to load
all metadata (snapshots, indexes, ...) from the repo each time it starts. By
default the cache is active, but there's a new global option `--no-cache`
that can be used to disable the cache. The cache location is
`~/.cache/restic` by default, which can be overridden with `--cache-dir` or
the environment variable `XDG_CACHE_HOME`. The cache will automatically
populate, indexes and snapshots are saved as they are loaded.
that can be used to disable the cache. By deafult, the cache a standard
cache folder for the OS, which can be overridden with `--cache-dir`. The
cache will automatically populate, indexes and snapshots are saved as they
are loaded.
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/1040
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/29
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/738