Hi,
Every once in a while, when the snapshots become too many, I run snapper delete --sync num1-num2 in order to remove them excluding snapshots 1 and 2 of course.
Up to now, when new snapshots were created, by zypper mainly, after the removal, they used to start from number 3 and up. Now, despite the fact that only snapshots 1 and 2 exist, the new ones continue from were the old ones were deleted, as if they were still there.
Because of this, when I issue a snapper list command, it shows something like this:
# │ Type │ Pre # │ Date │ User │ Used Space │ Cleanup │ Description │ Userdata
────┼────────┼───────┼──────────────────────────────────┼──────┼────────────┼─────────┼───────────────────────┼─────────────
0 │ single │ │ │ root │ │ │ current │
1* │ single │ │ Sat 11 Jan 2025 07:52:34 PM EET │ root │ 32.82 MiB │ │ first root filesystem │
86 │ pre │ │ Tue 28 Jul 2026 01:34:15 AM EEST │ root │ 237.63 MiB │ number │ zypp(zypper) │ important=no
87 │ post │ 86 │ Tue 28 Jul 2026 01:34:28 AM EEST │ root │ 8.73 MiB │ number │ │ important=no
How do I make the numbering system work the way it used to so that the new snapshots start from number 3 again?
Thank you.