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feat: implement support for borg export-tar
mr-raj12 Feb 12, 2026
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feat: add advanced options to export-tar dialog
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241 changes: 241 additions & 0 deletions src/vorta/assets/UI/export_tar_dialog.ui
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ui version="4.0">
<class>ExportTarDialog</class>
<widget class="QDialog" name="ExportTarDialog">
<property name="geometry">
<rect>
<x>0</x>
<y>0</y>
<width>500</width>
<height>450</height>
</rect>
</property>
<property name="windowTitle">
<string>Export to Tarball</string>
</property>
<layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
<item>
<widget class="QLabel" name="label_info">
<property name="text">
<string>Export the selected archive to a tarball.</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item>
<layout class="QFormLayout" name="formLayout">
<item row="0" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="label_archive">
<property name="text">
<string>Archive:</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="0" column="1">
<widget class="QLabel" name="archiveNameLabel">
<property name="font">
<font>
<weight>75</weight>
<bold>true</bold>
</font>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>archive_name</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="1" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="label_dest">
<property name="text">
<string>Destination:</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="1" column="1">
<layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_dest">
<item>
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="destinationInput">
<property name="placeholderText">
<string>Path to save the .tar file</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item>
<widget class="QPushButton" name="btnBrowse">
<property name="text">
<string>Browse...</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
</layout>
</item>
<item row="2" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="label_compress">
<property name="text">
<string>Compression:</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="2" column="1">
<widget class="QComboBox" name="comboCompression">
<item>
<property name="text">
<string>none</string>
</property>
</item>
<item>
<property name="text">
<string>gzip</string>
</property>
</item>
<item>
<property name="text">
<string>lz4</string>
</property>
</item>
<item>
<property name="text">
<string>zstd</string>
</property>
</item>
<item>
<property name="text">
<string>xz</string>
</property>
</item>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="3" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="label_strip">
<property name="text">
<string>Strip Components:</string>
</property>
<property name="toolTip">
<string>Remove the specified number of leading path elements.</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="3" column="1">
<widget class="QSpinBox" name="spinStripComponents">
<property name="minimum">
<number>0</number>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="4" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="label_excludes">
<property name="text">
<string>Exclude Patterns:</string>
</property>
<property name="toolTip">
<string>Space-separated list of exclude patterns.</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="4" column="1">
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="inputExcludes">
<property name="placeholderText">
<string>e.g. *.tmp home/user/.cache</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="5" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="label_paths">
<property name="text">
<string>Specific Paths:</string>
</property>
<property name="toolTip">
<string>Space-separated list of paths to extract.</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="5" column="1">
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="inputPaths">
<property name="placeholderText">
<string>Leave empty to export all</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="6" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="label_format">
<property name="text">
<string>Tar Format:</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="6" column="1">
<widget class="QComboBox" name="comboFormat">
<item>
<property name="text">
<string>GNU</string>
</property>
</item>
<item>
<property name="text">
<string>PAX</string>
</property>
</item>
</widget>
</item>
</layout>
</item>
<item>
<spacer name="verticalSpacer">
<property name="orientation">
<enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
</property>
<property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
<size>
<width>20</width>
<height>40</height>
</size>
</property>
</spacer>
</item>
<item>
<widget class="QDialogButtonBox" name="buttonBox">
<property name="orientation">
<enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
</property>
<property name="standardButtons">
<set>QDialogButtonBox::Cancel|QDialogButtonBox::Ok</set>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
</layout>
</widget>
<resources/>
<connections>
<connection>
<sender>buttonBox</sender>
<signal>accepted()</signal>
<receiver>ExportTarDialog</receiver>
<slot>accept()</slot>
<hints>
<hint type="sourcelabel">
<x>248</x>
<y>254</y>
</hint>
<hint type="destinationlabel">
<x>157</x>
<y>274</y>
</hint>
</hints>
</connection>
<connection>
<sender>buttonBox</sender>
<signal>rejected()</signal>
<receiver>ExportTarDialog</receiver>
<slot>reject()</slot>
<hints>
<hint type="sourcelabel">
<x>316</x>
<y>260</y>
</hint>
<hint type="destinationlabel">
<x>286</x>
<y>274</y>
</hint>
</hints>
</connection>
</connections>
</ui>
71 changes: 71 additions & 0 deletions src/vorta/borg/export_tar.py
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from vorta.utils import borg_compat

from .borg_job import BorgJob


class BorgExportTar(BorgJob):
"""
Job to export an archive to a tarball.
"""

def started_event(self):
self.app.backup_started_event.emit()
self.app.backup_progress_event.emit(
f"[{self.params['profile_name']}] {self.tr('Exporting archive to tarball…')}"
)

def finished_event(self, result):
self.app.backup_finished_event.emit(result)
self.result.emit(result)
self.app.backup_progress_event.emit(f"[{self.params['profile_name']}] {self.tr('Export to tarball finished.')}")

@classmethod
def prepare(
cls,
profile,
archive_name,
destination_file,
compression=None,
strip_components=0,
paths=None,
excludes=None,
tar_format=None,
):
ret = super().prepare(profile)
if not ret['ok']:
return ret
else:
# Set back to false, so we can do our own checks here.
ret['ok'] = False

cmd = ['borg', 'export-tar']

if compression and compression != 'none':
cmd.append(f'--tar-filter={compression}')

if strip_components > 0:
cmd.append(f'--strip-components={strip_components}')

if excludes:
for pattern in excludes:
cmd.extend(['-e', pattern])

if tar_format and borg_compat.check('V2') and tar_format != 'GNU':
cmd.append(f'--tar-format={tar_format}')

if borg_compat.check('V2'):
cmd += ['-r', profile.repo.url, archive_name]
else:
cmd.append(f'{profile.repo.url}::{archive_name}')

cmd.append(destination_file)

if paths:
cmd.extend(paths)

ret['ok'] = True
ret['cmd'] = cmd
return ret
ret['cmd'] = cmd

return ret
21 changes: 21 additions & 0 deletions src/vorta/views/archive_tab.py
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action = menu.addAction(button.icon(), button.text(), connection)
action.setEnabled(button.isEnabled())

# Export to Tar
if len(selected_rows) == 1:
menu.addAction(get_colored_icon('file'), self.tr("Export to Tarball"), self.export_tar_action)

menu.popup(self.archiveTable.viewport().mapToGlobal(pos))

def cancel_action(self):
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"""Finished extraction."""
self._toggle_all_buttons(True)

def export_tar_action(self):
"""
Open a dialog to export the selected archive to a tarball.
"""
row_selected = self.archiveTable.selectionModel().selectedRows()
if len(row_selected) != 1:
return

archive_cell = self.archiveTable.item(row_selected[0].row(), 4)
if archive_cell:
archive_name = archive_cell.text()

from vorta.views.export_tar_dialog import ExportTarDialog

dialog = ExportTarDialog(self, self.profile(), archive_name)
dialog.exec()

def cell_double_clicked(self, row=None, column=None):
if not self.bRename.isEnabled():
return
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