CFE-3275: Documented where report_diffs stores its cached copies - #3764
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| `$(sys.statedir)/change_details` that mirrors the path of the monitored file, | ||
| so the copy of `/etc/ssh/sshd_config` is | ||
| `/var/cfengine/state/change_details/etc/ssh/sshd_config`. The location is not | ||
| configurable, and `repository` does not change it. |
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what is repository here? is that a variable somewhere? Do you mean that https://docs.cfengine.com/docs/lts/reference/components/cf-agent/#default_repository does not do what it says and change the default repository location from /var/cfengine/state/change_details to whatever is specified?
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curiously the docs say the file is underscored instead of directories created in the repository
Notes: When a repository is specified, the files are stored using the canonified directory name of the original file, concatenated with the name of the file. So, for example, /usr/local/etc/postfix.conf would ordinarily be stored in an alternative repository as _usr_local_etc_postfix.conf.cfsaved. If unset then backups are stored in the same directory as the original file with an identifying suffix.
| **History:** Before 3.29.0 the copies were kept next to the monitored file as | ||
| `<file>_cfchanges`, or under `repository` if one was configured. On the first | ||
| run after an upgrade the copy is moved from either location to | ||
| `$(sys.statedir)/change_details`, so no baseline is lost and nothing is left |
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so during the upgrade to 3.29.0+ file changes will be moved to change_details from any specified default_repository and default_repository no longer specifies where files are placed?
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$(sys.statedir)/change_detailslocation thatreport_diffscached copies moved to in CFE-3275.