From 7ebea84abda4009d46d3924e0db8eea2d3e0ded8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Moussa <166072409+amoussa1229@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 14:22:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix restore runbook: trailing-dot cp idiom and Glacier
 restore step

---
 README.md | 15 +++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d2b80ff..250e288 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,6 +65,17 @@ sudo /usr/local/bin/forgejo-backup.sh
 
 ### Restore from S3
 
+For backups older than 30 days (Glacier), restore the object first:
+
+```bash
+aws s3api restore-object --bucket forgejo-backups-328440206208 \
+  --key "archive/<date>/forgejo-<date>.tar.gz" \
+  --restore-request '{"Days":7,"GlacierJobParameters":{"Tier":"Standard"}}'
+# Wait ~3-5 hours for restore to complete, then:
+```
+
+Download and restore:
+
 ```bash
 aws s3 cp s3://forgejo-backups-328440206208/archive/<date>/forgejo-<date>.tar.gz /tmp/
 systemctl stop forgejo
@@ -75,8 +86,8 @@ cp gitea-db.sqlite3 /var/lib/forgejo/data/forgejo.db
 rm -rf /var/lib/forgejo/data/repositories
 cp -a repos /var/lib/forgejo/data/repositories
 cp -a data/. /var/lib/forgejo/data/
-[ -d lfs ] && cp -a lfs /var/lib/forgejo/data/lfs
-[ -d custom ] && cp -a custom /var/lib/forgejo/custom
+[ -d lfs ] && cp -a lfs/. /var/lib/forgejo/data/lfs/
+[ -d custom ] && cp -a custom/. /var/lib/forgejo/custom/
 chown -R forgejo:forgejo /var/lib/forgejo /etc/forgejo/app.ini
 systemctl start forgejo
 rm -rf /tmp/forgejo-restore /tmp/forgejo-<date>.tar.gz