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This is quite similar to gitignore. If a pattern is suffixed by an exclamation mark and match a file that was previously matched by a regular pattern, the match is cancelled. Notably, this can be used with `--exclude-file` to cancel the exclusion of some files. Like for gitignore, once a directory is excluded, it is not possible to include files inside the directory. For example, a user wanting to only keep `*.c` in some directory should not use: ~/work !~/work/*.c But: ~/work/* !~/work/*.c I didn't write documentation or changelog entry. I would like to get feedback if this is the right approach for excluding/including files at will for backups. I use something like this as an exclude file to backup my home: $HOME/**/* !$HOME/Documents !$HOME/code !$HOME/.emacs.d !$HOME/games # [...] node_modules *~ *.o *.lo *.pyc # [...] $HOME/code/linux/* !$HOME/code/linux/.git # [...] There are some limitations for this change: - Patterns are not mixed accross methods: patterns from file are handled first and if a file is excluded with this method, it's not possible to reinclude it with `--exclude !something`. - Patterns starting with `!` are now interpreted as a negative pattern. I don't think anyone was relying on that. - The whole list of patterns is walked for each match. We may optimize later by exiting early if we know no pattern is starting with `!`. Fix #233 |
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