Correct doc and help sentences that are false about the code (closes #233)

A blob is written whole to a temporary file and uploaded once finished,
not streamed to storage. The README, ARCHITECTURE.md and
config.example.yml now say a backup needs free temporary space for each
blob (twice that for an rclone destination that cannot stream uploads)
and for the metadata export's copies of the local index, in $TMPDIR, or
partly in /var/tmp when TMPDIR is unset. Also corrected: the snapshot ID
format, what restore reads and how incomplete snapshots are removed in
docs/DATAMODEL.md, what source_path holds, the index_path default, the
config search order in the snapshot create help, what snapshot remove
cleans up in the prune help, how the release installs Go, and the
script/release and script/fmt-check comments.

Model: opus-5-5

ARCHITECTURE.md

@@ -54,10 +54,12 @@ The database tracks five primary entities and their relationships:
 
 #### File (`database.File`)
 Represents a file, directory, or symlink in the backup system. Stores metadata needed for restoration:
-- Path, source_path (for restore path stripping), mtime
+- Path, mtime
 - Size, mode, ownership (uid, gid)
 - Symlink target (if applicable)
 
+It also stores `source_path`, the source directory the scan found it under, made absolute and with symlinks resolved. Restore does not read it.
+
 #### Chunk (`database.Chunk`)
 A content-addressed unit of data. Files are split into variable-size chunks using the FastCDC algorithm:
 - `ChunkHash`: SHA256 hash of chunk content (primary key)
@@ -82,9 +84,11 @@ The final storage unit uploaded to S3. Contains many compressed and encrypted ch
 Blob creation process:
 1. Chunks are accumulated (up to MaxBlobSize, typically 10GB)
 2. As each chunk is added, its uncompressed bytes are fed to a running SHA-256
-3. Concurrently, the same bytes are compressed with zstd, then encrypted with age (recipients configured in config), and streamed to storage
+3. Concurrently, the same bytes are compressed with zstd, then encrypted with age (recipients configured in config), and written to a temporary file
 4. On finalize, the blob's name is the double SHA-256 of the uncompressed contents — `hex(SHA256(SHA256(...)))` — not a hash of the compressed, encrypted bytes
-5. Uploaded to `blobs/{hash[0:2]}/{hash[2:4]}/{hash}`
+5. The finished file is uploaded to `blobs/{hash[0:2]}/{hash[2:4]}/{hash}` and then deleted
+
+A backup needs free temporary space, because each blob is written whole to a temporary file before it is uploaded (up to about `blob_size_limit`; an rclone destination that cannot stream uploads needs about twice that) and the metadata export writes copies of the local index. Temporary files go to `$TMPDIR` (default `/tmp`); with `TMPDIR` unset, SQLite writes one of those copies to `/var/tmp`.
 
 #### BlobChunk (`database.BlobChunk`)
 Maps chunks to their position within blobs:

README.md

@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ complete annotated example also lives in
 | `s3.*` | | Legacy S3 configuration (endpoint, bucket, credentials) |
 | `exclude` | | Global exclude patterns (applied to all snapshots) |
 | `chunk_size` | `10MB` | Average chunk size for content-defined chunking |
-| `blob_size_limit` | `10GB` | Maximum blob size before splitting. Must be at least four times `chunk_size` (the largest chunk the chunker can emit), otherwise a single-chunk blob could exceed the limit |
+| `blob_size_limit` | `10GB` | Maximum blob size before splitting. Must be at least four times `chunk_size` (the largest chunk the chunker can emit), otherwise a single-chunk blob could exceed the limit. A backup needs free temporary space, because each blob is written whole to a temporary file before it is uploaded (up to about `blob_size_limit`; an rclone destination that cannot stream uploads needs about twice that) and the metadata export writes copies of the local index. Temporary files go to `$TMPDIR` (default `/tmp`); with `TMPDIR` unset, SQLite writes one of those copies to `/var/tmp` |
 | `compression_level` | `3` | zstd compression level (1-19) |
 | `hostname` | system hostname | Hostname used in snapshot IDs |
 | `index_path` | platform data dir | Local SQLite index path |
@@ -805,7 +805,8 @@ them. We provide:
   in the `Dockerfile` together.
 * `script/release` — cross-compile and publish the release artifacts
   with the pinned `goreleaser`. Refuses a `goreleaser` on `PATH` whose
-  version is not the pinned one, on the same reasoning as `script/lint`.
+  version is not the pinned one, because a different version would build
+  a different release from the same tag.
 * `script/release-snapshot` — the same build with no publishing and no
   tagging, into `./dist`
 * `script/test` — run the test suite by building the `test` phase of
@@ -915,14 +916,14 @@ It is passed to `goreleaser` as `GITEA_TOKEN`. The runner's automatic
 token is deliberately not used: it is not guaranteed to carry release
 write access.
 
-The Go toolchain that compiles the released binaries comes from an
+The Go toolchain that compiles the released binaries is installed by
-`actions/setup-go` step pinned by commit sha, reading its version from
+`script/install-go`, which downloads the version named by `go.mod`
-`go.mod` (currently `1.26.1`, the same version the `Dockerfile` builder
+(currently `1.26.1`, the same version the `Dockerfile` builder stage
-stage pins by digest). `goreleaser` shells out to `go` for every
+pins by digest) and refuses the archive unless its sha256 matches the
+value committed in the script. `goreleaser` shells out to `go` for every
 cross-compile, so without that step the release would either fail
 outright or ship binaries built by whatever unpinned toolchain the
-runner happened to carry — the one unpinned thing in an otherwise
+runner happened to carry.
-hash-pinned release path.
 
 To rehearse the whole build without publishing or tagging anything:
 

TODO.md

@@ -22,6 +22,32 @@ the tag exists and is exercised; what is left is merging `next` to
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-10-07: Corrected documentation, help text and comments that were
+  false about the code
+  ([issue #233](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/233)). A blob
+  is not streamed to storage. The README, `ARCHITECTURE.md` and
+  `config.example.yml` now say a backup needs free temporary space,
+  because each blob is written whole to a temporary file before it is
+  uploaded (up to about `blob_size_limit`; an rclone destination that
+  cannot stream uploads needs about twice that) and the metadata export
+  writes copies of the local index. Temporary files go to `$TMPDIR`
+  (default `/tmp`); with `TMPDIR` unset, SQLite writes one of those
+  copies to `/var/tmp`. Also corrected: the snapshot ID format, what restore
+  reads and how incomplete snapshots are removed in `docs/DATAMODEL.md`,
+  what `source_path` holds, the `index_path` and config file defaults,
+  what `snapshot remove` cleans up, how the release gets its Go
+  toolchain, and the `script/release` and `script/fmt-check` comments.
+
+- 2026-10-07: Cut the time the `internal/vaultik` and `internal/database`
+  tests take ([issue #235](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/235)).
+  Most of the `internal/vaultik` time went to 24 tests that ran one at a
+  time only because they call `log.Initialize`; they now call it before
+  `t.Parallel()`, as the package's other tests do. `TestLargeDatasets`
+  committed each of its 1,500 inserts on its own and now makes them in
+  one transaction. `TestDedupOnlySnapshotRestores` gives its second
+  backup its own snapshot name instead of sleeping past the one-second
+  timestamp in the snapshot ID.
+
 - 2026-10-07: Made two messages say only what is true
   ([issue #240](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/240)). A config
   file that others can read was warned about as containing S3

config.example.yml

@@ -295,8 +295,10 @@ storage_url: "rclone://myremote/path/to/backups"
 
 # Path to local SQLite index database
 # This database tracks file state for incremental backups
-# Default: /var/lib/vaultik/index.sqlite
+# Default: the platform data directory, e.g.
-#index_path: /var/lib/vaultik/index.sqlite
+#   macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/vaultik/index.sqlite
+#   Linux: ~/.local/share/vaultik/index.sqlite
+#index_path: /path/to/index.sqlite
 
 # Average chunk size for content-defined chunking
 # Smaller chunks = better deduplication but more metadata
@@ -311,6 +313,12 @@ storage_url: "rclone://myremote/path/to/backups"
 # Chunking uses no secret (the FastCDC parameters are fixed and public). At a
 # large limit a blob holds hundreds of chunks, so individual chunk lengths are
 # not visible in its size; lowering the limit toward chunk_size exposes them.
+# A backup needs free temporary space, because each blob is written whole to
+# a temporary file before it is uploaded (up to about blob_size_limit; an
+# rclone destination that cannot stream uploads needs about twice that) and
+# the metadata export writes copies of the local index. Temporary files go to
+# $TMPDIR (default /tmp); with TMPDIR unset, SQLite writes one of those copies
+# to /var/tmp.
 # Supports: 1GB, 10G, 500MB, 1GiB, etc.
 # Default: 10GB
 #blob_size_limit: 10GB

docs/DATAMODEL.md

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ Maps chunks to the blobs that contain them.
 Tracks backup snapshots.
 
 **Columns:**
-- `id` (TEXT PRIMARY KEY) - Snapshot ID (format: hostname-YYYYMMDD-HHMMSSZ)
+- `id` (TEXT PRIMARY KEY) - Snapshot ID (format: `hostname_name_timestamp`, e.g. `server1_home_2025-06-01T12:00:00Z`: the hostname up to its first `.`, the snapshot name, and an RFC 3339 UTC timestamp)
 - `hostname` (TEXT) - Hostname where backup was created
 - `vaultik_version` (TEXT) - Version of Vaultik used
 - `vaultik_git_revision` (TEXT) - Git revision of Vaultik used
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ The `{remote-key}` directory name is a one-way hash of the human snapshot ID, so
 ### 4. Restore Process
 
 The restore process doesn't use the local database. Instead:
-1. Downloads snapshot metadata from S3
+1. Downloads and decrypts the snapshot's metadata database (`db.zst.age`) from S3
-2. Downloads required blobs based on manifest
+2. Downloads the blobs holding the chunks of the files being restored, found through that database's `blob_chunks` table; the manifest is not read
 3. Reconstructs files from decrypted and decompressed chunks
 
 ### 5. Pruning
@@ -232,9 +232,8 @@ The restore process doesn't use the local database. Instead:
 
 Before each backup:
 1. Query incomplete snapshots (where `completed_at IS NULL`)
-2. Check if metadata exists in S3
+2. Delete each one and all its associations, without checking S3 for its metadata
-3. If no metadata, delete snapshot and all associations
+3. Clean up orphaned files, chunks, and blobs
-4. Clean up orphaned files, chunks, and blobs
 
 ## Repository Pattern
 

internal/cli/prune.go

@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@ scans every snapshot manifest in the destination store, builds the
 set of still-referenced blob hashes, and deletes any blob not in that
 set.
 
-Snapshot create --prune and snapshot remove run the same cleanup
+Snapshot create --prune runs the same cleanup automatically; this
-automatically; this command is the manual entry point for the same
+command is the manual entry point for the same work (e.g. after a
-work (e.g. after a crashed backup or to reclaim storage).`,
+crashed backup or to reclaim storage). Snapshot remove leaves blobs in
+place; run this command afterwards to delete the ones no longer
+referenced.`,
 		Args: cobra.NoArgs,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 			// Use unified config resolution

internal/cli/snapshot.go

@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ func newSnapshotCreateCommand() *cobra.Command {
 If snapshot names are provided, only those snapshots are created.
 If no names are provided, all configured snapshots are created.
 
-Config is located at /etc/vaultik/config.yml by default, but can be overridden by
+The config is read from the path given by --config or VAULTIK_CONFIG;
-specifying a path using --config or by setting VAULTIK_CONFIG to a path.`,
+otherwise from the platform config directory (~/.config/vaultik/config.yml
+on Linux), then /etc/vaultik/config.yml.`,
 		Args: cobra.ArbitraryArgs,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			// Pass snapshot names from args

internal/database/models.go

@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ type File struct {
 	ID   types.FileID   // UUID primary key
 	Path types.FilePath // Absolute path of the file
 
-	// SourcePath is the source directory this file came from (used for
+	// SourcePath is the source directory this file came from.
-	// restore path stripping).
 	SourcePath types.SourcePath
 	MTime      time.Time
 	Size       int64

internal/database/repository_edge_cases_test.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package database
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -367,7 +368,7 @@ func verifyBlobNullUploadTS(
 }
 
 // createLargeDatasetFiles creates fileCount files and adds every other
-// one to the snapshot.
+// one to the snapshot, in one transaction as a backup writes them.
 func createLargeDatasetFiles(
 	t *testing.T,
 	repos *Repositories,
@@ -376,9 +377,10 @@ func createLargeDatasetFiles(
 ) {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	ctx := context.Background()
 	start := time.Now()
 
+	err := repos.WithTx(context.Background(),
+		func(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx) error {
 			for i := range fileCount {
 				file := &File{
 					Path:  types.FilePath(fmt.Sprintf("/large/file%05d.txt", i)),
@@ -389,19 +391,25 @@ func createLargeDatasetFiles(
 					GID:   uint32(1000 + (i % 10)),
 				}
 
-		err := repos.Files.Create(ctx, nil, file)
+				err := repos.Files.Create(ctx, tx, file)
 				if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("failed to create file %d: %v", i, err)
+					return fmt.Errorf("creating file %d: %w", i, err)
 				}
 
 				// Add half to snapshot
 				if i%2 == 0 {
-			err = repos.Snapshots.AddFileByID(ctx, nil, snapshotID, file.ID)
+					err = repos.Snapshots.AddFileByID(ctx, tx, snapshotID, file.ID)
+					if err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			return nil
+		})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-		}
-	}
 
 	t.Logf("Created %d files in %v", fileCount, time.Since(start))
 }

internal/database/schema/001.sql

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS files (
     id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,  -- UUID
     path TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
-    source_path TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',  -- The source directory this file came from (for restore path stripping)
+    source_path TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',  -- The source directory this file came from
     mtime INTEGER NOT NULL,  -- whole seconds since the Unix epoch
     mtime_nsec INTEGER NOT NULL,  -- nanoseconds within that second, 0 to 999999999
     size INTEGER NOT NULL,

internal/snapshot/scanner.go

@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ type Scanner struct {
 	compressionLevel int
 	ageRecipient     string
 	snapshotID       string // Current snapshot being processed
-	// currentSourcePath is the source directory being scanned (used for
+	// currentSourcePath is the source directory being scanned, stored with
-	// restore path stripping).
+	// each file record.
 	currentSourcePath string
 	exclude           []string          // Glob patterns for files/directories to exclude
 	compiledExclude   []compiledPattern // Compiled glob patterns
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ func (s *Scanner) Scan(
 	ctx context.Context, path string, snapshotID string,
 ) (*ScanResult, error) {
 	s.snapshotID = snapshotID
-	// Store source path for file records (used during restore)
 	s.currentSourcePath = path
 	result := &ScanResult{
 		StartTime: time.Now().UTC(),
@@ -1200,7 +1199,6 @@ func (s *Scanner) checkFileInMemory(
 	file := &database.File{
 		ID:         fileID,
 		Path:       types.FilePath(path),
-		// Store source directory for restore path stripping
 		SourcePath: types.SourcePath(s.currentSourcePath),
 		MTime:      info.ModTime(),
 		Size:       info.Size(),

internal/types/types.go

@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ type BlobHash string
 // FilePath represents an absolute path to a file or directory.
 type FilePath string
 
-// SourcePath represents the root directory from which files are backed up.
+// SourcePath is the source directory a scan found a file under, made
-// Used during restore to strip the source prefix from paths.
+// absolute and with symlinks resolved.
 type SourcePath string
 
 // Hostname identifies a host machine.

internal/vaultik/changed_file_restore_test.go

@@ -130,10 +130,9 @@ func assertThirdSnapshotRestores(
 // up, and that snapshot is removed. The first snapshot keeps the file row,
 // which now lists the appended content's chunks, while removal drops the
 // blob that held them.
-//
-//nolint:paralleltest // installs the global logger via log.Initialize
 func TestBackupAfterRemovingNewestSnapshotRestoresChangedFile(t *testing.T) {
 	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
+	t.Parallel()
 
 	fs := afero.NewOsFs()
 	tempDir := t.TempDir()
@@ -178,10 +177,9 @@ func TestBackupAfterRemovingNewestSnapshotRestoresChangedFile(t *testing.T) {
 // The next run's prune drops that incomplete snapshot and its blob, while
 // the first snapshot keeps the file row, which now lists the appended
 // content's chunks.
-//
-//nolint:paralleltest // installs the global logger via log.Initialize
 func TestBackupAfterInterruptedRunRestoresChangedFile(t *testing.T) {
 	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
+	t.Parallel()
 
 	fs := afero.NewOsFs()
 	tempDir := t.TempDir()

internal/vaultik/fault_injection_test.go

@@ -38,11 +38,9 @@ import (
 // (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/130) and is not re-tested
 // here; these tests target the layers above the backend.
 //
-// The tests run serially, not with t.Parallel: each calls
+// log.Initialize replaces the package-global logger that a running
-// log.Initialize, which replaces the package-global logger, and a
+// backup or restore reads, so each test calls it before t.Parallel,
-// backup or restore running concurrently reads that same logger. Under
+// while no parallel test is running yet.
-// -race the two collide. Running one at a time is the same choice
-// prune_count_test.go already makes for the same reason.
 
 const (
 	faultChunkSize   = int64(64 * 1024)
@@ -165,17 +163,19 @@ func newReaderVaultik(
 // Scenario 3: a stored blob's bytes are flipped before restore reads
 // them. Restore must fail loudly, and no file must be left on the
 // restore target holding corrupt content.
-//
-//nolint:paralleltest // installs the global logger via log.Initialize
 func TestRestoreRejectsCorruptBlob(t *testing.T) {
+	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
+	t.Parallel()
+
 	assertRestoreRejectsDamagedBlob(t, faultstore.GetCorrupt, "corrupt")
 }
 
 // Scenario 4: a stored blob is truncated before restore reads it. Same
 // contract as the corrupt case.
-//
-//nolint:paralleltest // installs the global logger via log.Initialize
 func TestRestoreRejectsTruncatedBlob(t *testing.T) {
+	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
+	t.Parallel()
+
 	assertRestoreRejectsDamagedBlob(t, faultstore.GetTruncate, "truncated")
 }
 
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ func assertRestoreRejectsDamagedBlob(
 	t *testing.T, fault faultstore.GetFault, name string,
 ) {
 	t.Helper()
-	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
 
 	fs := afero.NewOsFs()
 	tempDir := t.TempDir()
@@ -232,10 +231,9 @@ func assertRestoreRejectsDamagedBlob(
 
 // Scenario 6: the backend accepts blob uploads and reports success but
 // stores nothing. verify --deep must catch it.
-//
-//nolint:paralleltest // installs the global logger via log.Initialize
 func TestDeepVerifyCatchesLyingBackend(t *testing.T) {
 	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
+	t.Parallel()
 
 	fs := afero.NewOsFs()
 	tempDir := t.TempDir()
@@ -285,10 +283,9 @@ func TestDeepVerifyCatchesLyingBackend(t *testing.T) {
 // Scenario 1a: a blob upload fails partway through. The interrupted run
 // must not record the blob as uploaded, must not reference it from the
 // snapshot, and must leave no blob object at the destination.
-//
-//nolint:paralleltest // installs the global logger via log.Initialize
 func TestInterruptedBlobUploadRecordsNoUploadedBlob(t *testing.T) {
 	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
+	t.Parallel()
 
 	fs := afero.NewOsFs()
 	tempDir := t.TempDir()
@@ -361,10 +358,9 @@ func TestInterruptedBlobUploadRecordsNoUploadedBlob(t *testing.T) {
 // chunks in a blob that was actually uploaded, so the retry re-chunks and
 // re-uploads the affected data instead of silently referencing data that
 // never reached storage.
-//
-//nolint:paralleltest // installs the global logger via log.Initialize
 func TestBackupRetryAfterInterruptedUploadIsRestorable(t *testing.T) {
 	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
+	t.Parallel()
 
 	fs := afero.NewOsFs()
 	tempDir := t.TempDir()
@@ -426,10 +422,9 @@ func TestBackupRetryAfterInterruptedUploadIsRestorable(t *testing.T) {
 // covered by TestBackupCompletesOnlyAfterMetadataExport
 // (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/177); this test exercises the
 // lower-level export path in isolation.
-//
-//nolint:paralleltest // installs the global logger via log.Initialize
 func TestBackupSurvivesMetadataExportInterruption(t *testing.T) {
 	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
+	t.Parallel()
 
 	fs := afero.NewOsFs()
 	tempDir := t.TempDir()
@@ -509,10 +504,9 @@ func TestBackupSurvivesMetadataExportInterruption(t *testing.T) {
 // destination. Rerunning the backup must then prune the incomplete
 // snapshot, produce a snapshot whose destination metadata and local index
 // agree, and restore. See https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/177.
-//
-//nolint:paralleltest // installs the global logger via log.Initialize
 func TestBackupCompletesOnlyAfterMetadataExport(t *testing.T) {
 	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
+	t.Parallel()
 
 	fs := afero.NewOsFs()
 	tempDir := t.TempDir()
@@ -685,10 +679,9 @@ func faultScannerFactory(
 // Scenario 5: the restore target runs out of space mid-file. Restore
 // must fail with an out-of-space error, and must not leave a truncated
 // file at the target path presenting as a complete restore.
-//
-//nolint:paralleltest // installs the global logger via log.Initialize
 func TestRestoreReportsDiskFull(t *testing.T) {
 	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
+	t.Parallel()
 
 	osFS := afero.NewOsFs()
 	tempDir := t.TempDir()

internal/vaultik/integration_test.go

@@ -928,17 +928,17 @@ func setupDedupBackupEnv(
 	}
 }
 
-// runDedupSnapshot creates a "dedup" snapshot, scans dataDir into it,
+// runDedupSnapshot creates a snapshot with the given name, scans dataDir
-// completes it, and exports its metadata, returning the snapshot ID and
+// into it, completes it, and exports its metadata, returning the snapshot
-// scan result.
+// ID and scan result.
 func runDedupSnapshot(
 	ctx context.Context, t *testing.T,
 	sm *snapshot.SnapshotManager, scanner *snapshot.Scanner,
-	hostname, dataDir, dbPath string,
+	hostname, name, dataDir, dbPath string,
 ) (string, *snapshot.ScanResult) {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	id, err := sm.CreateSnapshotWithName(ctx, hostname, "dedup", "v", "g")
+	id, err := sm.CreateSnapshotWithName(ctx, hostname, name, "v", "g")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	result, err := scanner.Scan(ctx, dataDir, id)
@@ -980,16 +980,15 @@ func TestDedupOnlySnapshotRestores(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// First snapshot — uploads all blobs.
 	_, r1 := runDedupSnapshot(ctx, t, sm, makeScanner(),
-		cfg.Hostname, dataDir, dbPath)
+		cfg.Hostname, "first", dataDir, dbPath)
 	require.Positive(t, r1.BlobsCreated,
 		"first snapshot should upload at least one blob")
 
-	// Second snapshot — same data, every chunk dedups. Sleep past the
+	// Second snapshot — same data, every chunk dedups. Its own name gives
-	// second-precision timestamp so the snapshot IDs differ.
+	// it a different snapshot ID without waiting for the one-second
-	time.Sleep(1100 * time.Millisecond)
+	// timestamp in the ID to tick over.
-
 	id2, r2 := runDedupSnapshot(ctx, t, sm, makeScanner(),
-		cfg.Hostname, dataDir, dbPath)
+		cfg.Hostname, "second", dataDir, dbPath)
 	require.Equal(t, 0, r2.BlobsCreated,
 		"second snapshot should upload zero new blobs (fully dedup'd)")
 

internal/vaultik/missing_destination_test.go

@@ -78,10 +78,9 @@ func backUpThenUnplug(
 // TestFirstBackupCreatesDestinationDirectory checks that a first backup
 // to a destination directory that does not exist yet creates it, and
 // that the destination can be listed afterwards.
-//
-//nolint:paralleltest // installs the global logger via log.Initialize
 func TestFirstBackupCreatesDestinationDirectory(t *testing.T) {
 	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
+	t.Parallel()
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	storeDir := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "volume", "backup")
@@ -96,10 +95,9 @@ func TestFirstBackupCreatesDestinationDirectory(t *testing.T) {
 // TestListSnapshotsWarnsWhenDestinationMissing checks that snapshot list
 // warns and shows the local index alone, without reporting the local
 // snapshot as missing from the destination.
-//
-//nolint:paralleltest // installs the global logger via log.Initialize
 func TestListSnapshotsWarnsWhenDestinationMissing(t *testing.T) {
 	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
+	t.Parallel()
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	v, repos, out := backUpThenUnplug(ctx, t)
@@ -116,10 +114,9 @@ func TestListSnapshotsWarnsWhenDestinationMissing(t *testing.T) {
 // TestRemoveSnapshotWarnsWhenDestinationMissing checks that snapshot
 // remove warns that the metadata could not be removed from the
 // destination, instead of reporting that it was.
-//
-//nolint:paralleltest // installs the global logger via log.Initialize
 func TestRemoveSnapshotWarnsWhenDestinationMissing(t *testing.T) {
 	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
+	t.Parallel()
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	v, repos, out := backUpThenUnplug(ctx, t)
@@ -138,10 +135,9 @@ func TestRemoveSnapshotWarnsWhenDestinationMissing(t *testing.T) {
 // TestPruneKeepsLocalRecordsWhenDestinationMissing checks that prune
 // fails on a destination it cannot list and deletes no local snapshot
 // record.
-//
-//nolint:paralleltest // installs the global logger via log.Initialize
 func TestPruneKeepsLocalRecordsWhenDestinationMissing(t *testing.T) {
 	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
+	t.Parallel()
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	v, repos, _ := backUpThenUnplug(ctx, t)
@@ -158,10 +154,9 @@ func TestPruneKeepsLocalRecordsWhenDestinationMissing(t *testing.T) {
 // TestPurgeSaysListingFailedOnceWhenDestinationMissing checks that
 // snapshot purge fails on a destination it cannot list, with an error
 // that says "listing remote snapshots" once.
-//
-//nolint:paralleltest // installs the global logger via log.Initialize
 func TestPurgeSaysListingFailedOnceWhenDestinationMissing(t *testing.T) {
 	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
+	t.Parallel()
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	v, _, _ := backUpThenUnplug(ctx, t)

internal/vaultik/prune_count_test.go

@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ import (
 // the discarded-error bug: getTableCount for a table its query cannot
 // resolve must not silently become 0. A count that could not be read is
 // reported as unknown, which a reader can tell apart from an empty table.
-//
-//nolint:paralleltest // installs the global logger via log.Initialize
 func TestTableCountForReportSurfacesReadFailure(t *testing.T) {
 	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
+	t.Parallel()
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 

internal/vaultik/restore_interrupt_test.go

@@ -164,10 +164,9 @@ func scratchEntries(t *testing.T, dir string) []string {
 // restore while a blob download is in progress. The download fails only
 // because of the cancel, so Restore must return context.Canceled without
 // reporting the file that needs the blob as failed.
-//
-//nolint:paralleltest // installs the global logger via log.Initialize
 func TestRestoreSkipErrorsCancelDuringBlobDownload(t *testing.T) {
 	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
+	t.Parallel()
 
 	fs := afero.NewOsFs()
 	tempDir := t.TempDir()

internal/vaultik/restore_skip_errors_test.go

@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ type missingBlobBackup struct {
 // after one blob of a two-blob snapshot was deleted. Every file stored in
 // that blob must be reported as failed and left absent, every other file
 // must be restored intact, and Restore must still return an error.
-//
-//nolint:paralleltest // installs the global logger via log.Initialize
 func TestRestoreSkipErrorsSkipsFilesOfMissingBlob(t *testing.T) {
+	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
+	t.Parallel()
+
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	backup := backupThenDeleteOneBlob(ctx, t)
 
@@ -85,9 +86,10 @@ func TestRestoreSkipErrorsSkipsFilesOfMissingBlob(t *testing.T) {
 
 // TestRestoreMissingBlobAbortsWithoutSkipErrors checks that a deleted blob
 // still ends the restore with an error when SkipErrors is not set.
-//
-//nolint:paralleltest // installs the global logger via log.Initialize
 func TestRestoreMissingBlobAbortsWithoutSkipErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
+	t.Parallel()
+
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	backup := backupThenDeleteOneBlob(ctx, t)
 
@@ -107,7 +109,6 @@ func backupThenDeleteOneBlob(
 	ctx context.Context, t *testing.T,
 ) *missingBlobBackup {
 	t.Helper()
-	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
 
 	fs := afero.NewOsFs()
 	tempDir := t.TempDir()

internal/vaultik/same_second_rewrite_test.go

@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@ import (
 // A file rewritten with its size unchanged and a new mtime in the same
 // second as the mtime the index holds must still be backed up. See
 // https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/226.
-//
-//nolint:paralleltest // installs the global logger via log.Initialize
 func TestBackupOfSameSecondRewriteRestoresNewContent(t *testing.T) {
 	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
+	t.Parallel()
 
 	fs := afero.NewOsFs()
 	tempDir := t.TempDir()

internal/vaultik/snapshot_summary_test.go

@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ type summaryEnv struct {
 func newSummaryEnv(t *testing.T) *summaryEnv {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
-
 	fs := afero.NewOsFs()
 	tempDir := t.TempDir()
 	srcDir := filepath.Join(tempDir, "src")
@@ -193,9 +191,10 @@ func (e *summaryEnv) dataLine(total, backedUp int64) string {
 // A first backup stores copy.bin's chunks while backing up a.bin, so
 // copy.bin's chunks are deduplicated within the run. Each file and byte
 // is still counted once.
-//
-//nolint:paralleltest // installs the global logger via log.Initialize
 func TestSnapshotSummaryFirstRun(t *testing.T) {
+	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
+	t.Parallel()
+
 	env := newSummaryEnv(t)
 
 	summary := env.backUp(t, "first", false)
@@ -219,9 +218,10 @@ func TestSnapshotSummaryFirstRun(t *testing.T) {
 // An incremental backup where a.bin's mtime changed but its content did
 // not: a.bin is backed up again and every one of its chunks is already
 // stored.
-//
-//nolint:paralleltest // installs the global logger via log.Initialize
 func TestSnapshotSummaryIncrementalRunWithDeduplicatedChunks(t *testing.T) {
+	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
+	t.Parallel()
+
 	env := newSummaryEnv(t)
 
 	env.backUp(t, "first", false)
@@ -251,9 +251,10 @@ func TestSnapshotSummaryIncrementalRunWithDeduplicatedChunks(t *testing.T) {
 // Under --cron the progress reporter is off; the upload figures must
 // still reach the summary and the snapshots row. The snapshot has two
 // paths, each backed up by its own scan.
-//
-//nolint:paralleltest // installs the global logger via log.Initialize
 func TestSnapshotSummaryCronRunRecordsUploads(t *testing.T) {
+	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
+	t.Parallel()
+
 	env := newSummaryEnv(t)
 
 	summary := env.backUp(t, "split", true)

internal/vaultik/two_path_snapshot_test.go

@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@ import (
 // A backup without --cron runs the progress reporter while one scanner
 // scans each path of the snapshot in turn. See
 // https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/253.
-//
-//nolint:paralleltest // installs the global logger via log.Initialize
 func TestBackupWithoutCronOfTwoPathSnapshotRestoresBothPaths(t *testing.T) {
 	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
+	t.Parallel()
 
 	const snapshotName = "data"
 

script/fmt-check

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# script/fmt-check: check formatting (read-only). Same scope as
+# script/fmt-check: check formatting (read-only). Fails instead of
-# script/fmt, but fails instead of writing.
+# writing. It checks every Go file outside .tool, which is more than
+# script/fmt formats: `go fmt ./...` skips `testdata` directories and
+# files and directories whose names start with `.` or `_`. Fix a file
+# only this reports with `gofmt -w`.
 set -eu
 
 ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"

script/release

@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ goreleaser_version() {
         head -n 1
 }
 
-# Resolve the goreleaser to run, on the same rule script/lint uses for
+# Resolve the goreleaser to run. A binary on PATH is accepted only when
-# golangci-lint: a binary on PATH is accepted only when it is exactly
+# it is exactly the pinned version, because a differently versioned tool
-# the pinned version, because a differently versioned tool would
+# would produce a differently built release from the same tag. Anything else
-# produce a differently built release from the same tag. Anything else
 # comes from .tool/bin, and a missing one is a loud failure naming the
 # script that installs it rather than a silent fallback.
 resolve_goreleaser() {