Restructurinf files systems

   I use rdiff-backup on a Debian 13 (Trixie) server to backup data.
   Everything works OK.


   Now there is a major need to re-structure the file systems (e.g. a)
   deleting files and directories, b) renaming files and directories; c)
   re-grouping files and directories).


   These actions can be done outside rdiff-backup, just on Linux level,
   and afterwards using rdiff-backup to backup the reorganized file
   systems to destination media again.


   However, this could result in having same files and directories
   two-fold on destination media: version before the restructuring and a
   version after restructuring.


   And what about the rdiff-backup database ("rdiff-backup-data") which
   keeps track of any version of files and directories?


   Could you suggest a plan on how to proceed, please?


   Best regards

   Dieter