From 9d1b9c68fd7548ffeff60ca60d4c518ac9cd9bb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Fijolek <ian@iamthefij.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 20:01:37 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] WIP: Automatically set restore target to `/` if all backup
 paths are absolute

---
 tasks.go | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tasks.go b/tasks.go
index 496c63f..03fd757 100644
--- a/tasks.go
+++ b/tasks.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"io/fs"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"path"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -405,6 +406,23 @@ func (t BackupFilesTask) RunRestore(cfg TaskConfig) error {
 		t.RestoreOpts = &RestoreOpts{} //nolint:exhaustruct
 	}
 
+	// If all backup paths are absolute and target is empty, use root as the restore target
+	if t.RestoreOpts.Target == "" {
+		allAbs := true
+
+		for _, backupPath := range t.Paths {
+			if !path.IsAbs(backupPath) {
+				allAbs = false
+
+				break
+			}
+		}
+
+		if allAbs {
+			t.RestoreOpts.Target = "/"
+		}
+	}
+
 	if t.snapshot == "" {
 		t.snapshot = "latest"
 	}