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+# btrfish
+A simple btrfs backup script in fish.
+
+## Features
+  * Incremental backups
+  * Pushing to a backup host
+
+## Dependencies
+btrfish depends on fish, btrfs, and ssh.
+
+## Usage
+  0. Create users on source and target and configure sudo
+  1. Edit `config.fish`
+  2. Run `bootstrap.fish`
+  3. Enable `btrfish.timer`
+
+## TODO
+  * Recovery from transmission errors
+  * Backup management
+  * ...
+  
+## License
+btrfish is released under the University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License. The full license can be found in the [LICENSE.md](LICENSE.md) file.