From 48d89c785ee34b9f87aca13c6155846eb1acd2db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christoph Klaffl <christoph@phreaker.eu>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2024 19:53:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] prevent destroying of root dataset which leads to infinite
 loop because it can't be destroyed

---
 syncoid | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/syncoid b/syncoid
index 5ed00f0..98dd2a3 100755
--- a/syncoid
+++ b/syncoid
@@ -678,7 +678,8 @@ sub syncdataset {
 			}
 
 			if (! $bookmark) {
-				if ($args{'force-delete'}) {
+				# force delete is not possible for the root dataset
+				if ($args{'force-delete'} && index($targetfs, '/') != -1) {
 					if (!$quiet) { print "Removing $targetfs because no matching snapshots were found\n"; }
 
 					my $rcommand = '';