From 686f6094ab361943e2e555cd4e686b99bb6b3b32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Winfried Plappert <18740761+wplapper@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 13:29:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] forget - announcement file

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+Enhancement: show deleted files for `restic forget`
+
+The question had beeen raised in the past:
+`restic forget SNAPSHOTID --dry-run --prune` calculates which blocks affected, and amount of space to be saved.
+Is it possible to get a list of the particular files which will be deleted?
+
+With the option `--show-removed-files` it it now possble to create a list of affected files,
+together with the size and the last modification time of this file.
+The oldest snapshot which is attached to this file is shown as well.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/5749
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/21778
+https://forum.restic.net/t/view-list-of-files-to-be-removed-in-restic-forget-prune-dry-run/10663