New creates a new shipper that detects new TSDB blocks in dir and uploads them to remote if necessary.

ReadMetaFile reads the given meta from <dir>/thanos.shipper.json.

WriteMetaFile writes the given meta into <dir>/thanos.shipper.json.

DefaultMetaFilename is the default JSON filename for meta information.

MetaVersion1 represents 1 version of meta.

Meta defines the format thanos.shipper.json file that the shipper places in the data directory.

Shipper watches a directory for matching files and directories and uploads them to a remote data store.