diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-5171 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-5171 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0383f9e12 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-5171 @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +Enhancement: Back up and restore Windows Alternate Data Streams + +Restic did not back up Alternate Data Streams in Windows. Restic now backs up Alternate Data Streams (ADS) and restores them back to the main files. +The Alternate Data Streams are backed up like any other normal files, and the full name of the stream is stored as the name of the file. +During restore, the ADS are restored and attached to the original files as Alternate Data Streams. +For progress and summary, the ADS are not counted in the file counts, but the sizes of the ADS files are counted. + +https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5171 +https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1401