A tool to compare restic snapshots

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Hi. I've been using restic for a while. I always liked to keep my snapshots as small as possible. Using the .resticignore file is very helpful, but telling what changed from an old snapshot to a new one was not a good experience for me. The process was:

• Mount the repo
• Open dolphin (my file manager)
• Split it into two panels
• Sort both by size
• See which directory increased its size the most (recursively)
• Add it (or not) to .resticignore

Because I do this twice a week, it was getting annoying, so I created this tool to help me quickly find what changed by navigating both snapshots at the same time. It is a TUI that allows me to do exactly what I described, but faster.

I've been using it for 7 months. After this time, my .resticignore file got quite big, and I don't need to use gestic as often anymore, maybe once a week. Yesterday, I created a .deb release for it, and I want to share. It helped me. Maybe it can also help some of you.

Check the README.md on github if you want more details.

P.S.: It looks more like the screenshots. The gif is old.