From b3bfb5ed44c255820989d621b429e62730ae5c66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Eischer <michael.eischer@fau.de>
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2024 18:09:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add changelog for long paths on windows

---
 changelog/unreleased/issue-4953 | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 changelog/unreleased/issue-4953

diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-4953 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4953
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78a266aff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4953
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Bugfix: Correctly handle long paths on older Windows versions
+
+When using older Windows versions, like Windows Server 2012, restic 0.17.0
+failed to back up files with long paths. This has been fixed.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4953
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4954