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  * #1054: Allow the Btrfs hook to create and delete snapshots even when running
    as a non-root user. See the documentation for more information:
    https://torsion.org/borgmatic/reference/configuration/data-sources/btrfs/#non-root-user
- * #1122: To prevent the user from inadvertently excluding the "bootstrap" action's manifest, always
-   error and exit when the borgmatic runtime directory overlaps with the configured excludes.
  * #1179: Add a "file_list_format" option for setting the "list" action's output format and an
    "archive_list_format" option for setting the "repo-list" action's format.
  * #1192: Fix for over-aggressive deduplication of source directories that contain the borgmatic