### Upgrading a gocryptfs filesystem

**Note:** Users of 1.0 and later should not need to complete this process.

To upgrade your filesystem, you create a new empty one with the newer version of gocryptfs (currently v0.11), mount it, and copy all the files over.

Let's assume you have an old gocryptfs filesystem stored in `/old.enc`, mounted to `/old`. You have created a new filesystem in `/new.enc` and mounted it to `/new`. The `df -Th` output would look like this:

```
$ df -Th
Filesystem           Type            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
[...]
/new.enc             fuse.gocryptfs   30G   23G  5,7G  80% /new
/old.enc             fuse.gocryptfs   30G   23G  5,7G  80% /old
```

Now you can simply use your graphical file manager to copy the files (or see the next sections for using command-line tools).

Once you feel confident that have remembered the new passphrase (if you picked a new one) AND have stored the new masterkey at a safe place (this one is definitely new), delete `old.enc`.

#### Copy using rsync

I recommend using rsync because it allows to resume interrupted copies and is generally a lot smarter than anything else.

```
$ shopt -s dotglob
$ rsync -a --progress /old/* /new
```

The bash option `shopt -s dotglob` makes sure that `/old/*` also matches hidden files (dotfiles). If you don't have any in `/old` (check with `ls -la /old`), you can skip that command.

#### Move using rsync

*Note: If your filesystem is so old that it can only be mounted read-only, you cannot use this method. Create a copy using the instructions above.*

If you don't have the space to store a copy of your data, you can use the `--remove-source-files` option to rsync. This will delete each file after it has been transferred. Note that `mv` is pretty dumb: it copies everything and only then deletes the source files, so you will still need twice the space.

As mentioned earlier, double-check that you remember the passphrase for `/new` and have the new masterkey saved somewhere before moving the files.

```
$ shopt -s dotglob
$ rsync -a --progress --remove-source-files /old/* /new
```

As above, `dotglob` makes sure that dotfiles in `/old/` are copied as well.

When rsync is finished, it will leave an empty directory tree in `/old`. A safe way to delete these directories is:

```
find /old -type d -delete
```

This is safer than `rm -R` because it will only remove directories and error out if any files are left behind. Note that it will also try to delete the mountpoint `/old` and fail at doing so. This is expected,
```
find: cannot delete ‘/old’: Device or resource busy
```
but no other errors should be printed.