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document that redu prompts for a password in README.md
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rluetzner committed Aug 1, 2024
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# Running

You can specify the repository and the password command in exactly the same ways
that restic supports, with the exception that redu will not prompt you for the password.
that restic supports.

For example using environment variables:
```
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as well as plain text passwords set via the `RESTIC_PASSWORD` environment variable,
are supported as well and work just like in restic.

Similar to restic, redu will prompt you to enter the password, if it isn't
given any other way.

# Usage
Redu keeps a cache with your file/directory sizes (per repo).
On each run it will sync the cache with the snapshots in your repo,
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