From ce851f59c67300405dd6e477fc7cdd0ed2132c3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ruakij <ruakij@ruekov.eu>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 06:59:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] kopia_backup: set zstd as the global compression policy on
 every run

---
 kopia_backup/templates/kopia-backup.j2 | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kopia_backup/templates/kopia-backup.j2 b/kopia_backup/templates/kopia-backup.j2
index 43b1cd9..d17bbbe 100644
--- a/kopia_backup/templates/kopia-backup.j2
+++ b/kopia_backup/templates/kopia-backup.j2
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ dump() { # file, container, command run inside the container
 dump {{ d.file | quote }} {{ d.container | quote }} {{ d.command | quote }}
 {% endfor %}
 {% endif %}
+
+# Global policy of the repository, inherited by every source; the repository is shared by all hosts of the bucket
+kopia policy set --global --compression=zstd >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
+  { echo "setting the global compression failed" >&2; failed=1; }
 {% set ignores = kopia_backup.ignore | dict2items | rejectattr('value', 'none') | list %}
 {% if ignores %}