Where is my config located?

Snaper’s configuration lives in the ~/.config/snaper directory. You will typically find the following files there:

• config.yaml — your main configuration file, edited through the snaper init and snaper config commands.
• .encryption_key — holds your encryption key.
• .<hash>.key.lock — a small marker file that records which encryption key your backups were created with. It prevents you from silently switching key mid-flight, which would make every previous backup impossible to restore.
• config.yaml.lock — a process lock used to make sure two Snaper commands do not try to mutate the config at the same time.
• index_cache/ — keeps your latest backup indexes on disk for faster runs. We retain the most recent index locally; older ones are pulled from S3 on demand.