Add a minimal stand-alone borgmatic binary in addition to the standard one (#1314).

NEWS

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
  * #1303: For the MariaDB hook, include only a subset of system data when dumping the "mysql" system
    database (or "all" databases), so the dump is actually restorable. See the documentation for more
    information: https://torsion.org/borgmatic/reference/configuration/data-sources/mariadb/
+ * #1314: Add a minimal stand-alone borgmatic binary in addition to the standard one. The minimal
+   binary omits support for the Apprise monitoring hook.
  * Add an experimental "browse" action providing a console UI for browsing your backups. See the
    documentation for more information:
    https://torsion.org/borgmatic/how-to/inspect-your-backups/#browsing-backups

binary_requirements.in

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 .
 apprise
 attrs
-binaryornot
 certifi
 charset-normalizer
 click
@@ -15,8 +14,6 @@ pyyaml
 referencing
 requests
 requests-oauthlib
-rich
 rpds-py
 ruamel-yaml
-textual
 urllib3

binary_requirements.txt

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #    uv pip compile --annotation-style line binary_requirements.in -o binary_requirements.txt
 apprise==1.10.0           # via -r binary_requirements.in
 attrs==26.1.0             # via jsonschema, referencing, -r binary_requirements.in
-binaryornot==0.6.0        # via -r binary_requirements.in
 .                         # via -r binary_requirements.in
 certifi==2026.5.20        # via apprise, requests, -r binary_requirements.in
 charset-normalizer==3.4.7  # via requests, -r binary_requirements.in
@@ -10,23 +9,13 @@ click==8.4.1              # via apprise, -r binary_requirements.in
 idna==3.16                # via requests, -r binary_requirements.in
 jsonschema==4.26.0        # via borgmatic, -r binary_requirements.in
 jsonschema-specifications==2025.9.1  # via jsonschema, -r binary_requirements.in
-linkify-it-py==2.1.0      # via markdown-it-py
 markdown==3.10.2          # via apprise, -r binary_requirements.in
-markdown-it-py==4.2.0     # via mdit-py-plugins, rich, textual
-mdit-py-plugins==0.6.1    # via textual
-mdurl==0.1.2              # via markdown-it-py
 oauthlib==3.3.1           # via requests-oauthlib, -r binary_requirements.in
 packaging==26.2           # via borgmatic, -r binary_requirements.in
-platformdirs==4.9.6       # via textual
-pygments==2.20.0          # via rich, textual
 pyyaml==6.0.3             # via apprise, -r binary_requirements.in
 referencing==0.37.0       # via jsonschema, jsonschema-specifications, -r binary_requirements.in
 requests==2.34.2          # via apprise, borgmatic, requests-oauthlib, -r binary_requirements.in
 requests-oauthlib==2.0.0  # via apprise, -r binary_requirements.in
-rich==15.0.0              # via textual, -r binary_requirements.in
 rpds-py==0.30.0           # via jsonschema, referencing, -r binary_requirements.in
 ruamel-yaml==0.19.1       # via borgmatic, -r binary_requirements.in
-textual==8.2.7            # via -r binary_requirements.in
-typing-extensions==4.15.0  # via textual
-uc-micro-py==2.0.0        # via linkify-it-py
 urllib3==2.7.0            # via requests, -r binary_requirements.in

docs/how-to/inspect-your-backups.md

@@ -152,8 +152,10 @@ contents of your backups when you're feeling too lazy to type out a full
 borgmatic command-line.
 
 Depending on how you installed borgmatic, it may not have come with the
-necessary Python libraries to support the browse action. For instance, if you
+necessary Python libraries to support the browse action. (borgmatic's
-originally [installed borgmatic with
+[stand-alone
+binary](https://projects.torsion.org/borgmatic-collective/borgmatic/releases)
+does not currently include them.) If you originally [installed borgmatic with
 uv](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/how-to/install-borgmatic/), run the following
 to install the libraries needed for the browse action:
 

docs/how-to/install-borgmatic.md

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ installing borgmatic:
 
 #### Etc.
 
- * [stand-alone Linux binary](https://projects.torsion.org/borgmatic-collective/borgmatic/releases) (This is a beta feature!)
+ * [stand-alone Linux binary](https://projects.torsion.org/borgmatic-collective/borgmatic/releases) (This is a beta feature! The minimal binary omits [Apprise support](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/reference/configuration/monitoring/apprise/).)
  * [Ansible role](https://github.com/borgbase/ansible-role-borgbackup)
  * [pipx](https://pipx.pypa.io/stable/)
 

scripts/release

@@ -43,15 +43,19 @@ twine upload -r pypi --username __token__ "$wheel_path"
 scripts/export-docs-from-image
 docs_path=dist/borgmatic-docs.tar.gz
 
-# Build stand-alone binary.
+# Build stand-alone binaries.
 uv venv --python 3.13 --clear binary
 source binary/bin/activate
 uv pip install -r binary_requirements.txt nuitka[onefile]
-nuitka --mode=onefile --enable-plugin=upx --include-package-data=borgmatic --include-data-dir=borgmatic.egg-info=borgmatic.egg-info --include-package=borgmatic.hooks --include-package=apprise --include-package=textual --no-deployment-flag=self-execution borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py
+nuitka --mode=onefile --enable-plugin=upx --include-package-data=borgmatic --include-data-dir=borgmatic.egg-info=borgmatic.egg-info --include-package=borgmatic.hooks --include-package=apprise --no-deployment-flag=self-execution borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py
-deactivate
+rm -fr borgmatic.build borgmatic.dist
-rm -fr binary borgmatic.build borgmatic.dist
 standalone_binary_path="dist/borgmatic-${version}-binary-linux-glibc-x86_64"
 mv borgmatic.bin "$standalone_binary_path"
+nuitka --mode=onefile --enable-plugin=upx --include-package-data=borgmatic --include-data-dir=borgmatic.egg-info=borgmatic.egg-info --include-package=borgmatic.hooks --no-deployment-flag=self-execution borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py
+rm -fr binary borgmatic.build borgmatic.dist
+deactivate
+standalone_minimal_binary_path="dist/borgmatic-${version}-minimal-binary-linux-glibc-x86_64"
+mv borgmatic.bin "$standalone_minimal_binary_path"
 
 # Set release changelogs on projects.torsion.org and GitHub.
 release_changelog="$(cat NEWS | sed '/^$/q' | grep -v '^\S')"
@@ -83,6 +87,11 @@ curl --silent --request POST \
     --header "Authorization: token $projects_token" \
     --header "Accept: application/json" \
     --form attachment=@"$standalone_binary_path"
+curl --silent --request POST \
+    "https://projects.torsion.org/api/v1/repos/borgmatic-collective/borgmatic/releases/$release_id/assets?name=$(basename $standalone_minimal_binary_path)" \
+    --header "Authorization: token $projects_token" \
+    --header "Accept: application/json" \
+    --form attachment=@"$standalone_minimal_binary_path"
 
 github-release create --token="$github_token" --owner=witten --repo=borgmatic --tag="$version" --target_commit="main" \
     --name="borgmatic $version" --body="$release_changelog"