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Issues with excluding specific sub-directories with Borg patterns
I'm using Borg to create backups of my home directory. I'm having trouble with excluding specific sub-directories when using a PATTERNSFILE with --patterns-from.
I have the following (simplified) patterns file:
R /home/user
+ /home/user/.config/chezmoi
- /home/user/.config
- /home/user/**/.idea
My goal is to exclude all .idea sub-directories, regardless of their location, hence the catch-all /home/user/**/.idea. Still, there is a .idea sub-directory being included in the backup because it's inside /home/user/.config/chezmoi.
I did try adding a specific exclusion for /home/user/config/chezmoi/.idea, but it doesn't seem to work either.
How can I exclude the .idea directory within /home/user/.config/chezmoi while still including other specified directories? I know the order is important, and that's what took me a while to put together my PATTERNSFILE, but what I have seems correct.
I'm running Borg 1.4.0 under Arch Linux. The command I'm using to test the backup is borg create --dry-run --info --list --patterns-from="${HOME}/.borgignore" /path/to/repository::{hostname}-{now}.
1 answer
Again, the order of the patterns matters 🫤
I was able to exclude any .idea sub-directory —at all levels— by declaring the line - /home/user/**/.idea at the beginning of the file.
R /home/user
# EXCLUDE THESE AT ALL LEVELS
- /home/user/**/.idea
# SELECTIVELY ADD EXCLUDED LOCATION ALONG WITH THEIR EXCEPTIONS
+ /home/user/.config/chezmoi
- /home/user/.config
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