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Add Ability to Add Notes to Manual Backups

Project:Backup and Migrate
Version:7.x-3.x-dev
Component:Code
Category:feature request
Priority:normal
Assigned:Ace Cooper
Status:closed (fixed)

Issue Summary

Demonstration Site, which provides similar backup functionality, offers the ability to associate notes with a backup, which is very helpful for keeping a log of changes. I believe it accomplishes this by way of a .info file it saves along with the backup. I think the same would be an excellent feature for Backup and Migrate manual backups—especially if exposed through Drush!

Comments

#1

+1 Notes would be so incredibly useful, especially if there was a link to 'notes' alongside the download ,restore, delete operations on the List pages. The Available updates page does this same kind of thing with "Release notes" and it is extremely useful.

#2

Just keeping this one alive...I'd love to be able to add notes to help me remember what state a backup is in for future reference.

#3

+1 for this feature!

#4

Version:6.x-2.x-dev» 7.x-2.x-dev

Just thought of the same thing. It'd be so useful! Any chances of implementing this?

#5

Followers of this issue might also be interested in #686370: Join forces: Demonstration Site and Backup and Migrate?. See especially comment #5.

#6

+1 for this feature!

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#7

+1 that'l be useful

#8

+1 it would be great.

#9

it is useful feature.

#10

it's a must have feature. especially on development stage.

#11

Status:active» postponed

This is on the docket for v3 which should be up for testing as soon as I can find a little free time to clean up what I have done and push it.

#12

@ronan: Maybe you could push what you have to a feature branch, and someone else can test/adapt it?

#13

Assigned to:Anonymous» Ace Cooper
Status:postponed» needs review

Wow, this issue is long time overdue.
Many thanks to the maintainers/developers for this handy module.
The textarea for description is available on Advanced backup page, but that is 3-clicks-too-deep for me.
I liked the idea of a description input on the quick backup form, offered in #6 by xandeadx.
Please, find attached the patch against 7.x-2.x master branch dated 19 Feb 2013.

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backup_migrate-quick-backup-form-with-description-713774-13.patch 2.43 KB

#14

Status:needs review» postponed

Thanks for the patch! Stay tuned for the soon-to-be-dev-ready 3.x branch which will have this and many more new features.

#15

Version:7.x-2.x-dev» 7.x-3.x-dev
Status:postponed» fixed

3.x branch is ready for testing.

#16

Status:fixed» closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.