rsync - Feb 2009 - DO NOT REPLY [Bug 6120] New: Default exclude file

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6120

           Summary: Default exclude file
           Product: rsync
           Version: 3.0.5
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P3
         Component: core
        AssignedTo: wayned@samba.org
        ReportedBy: wooptoo@gmail.com
         QAContact: rsync-qa@samba.org


rsync already has a mechanism for reading exclude patterns from a file, using
the --exclude-from option, but it would be useful to read them from a *default*
file if --exclude-from is omitted.
Something like .gitignore from git.

It could work something like:
1. place .rsyncignore in SRC/ with a list of excluded files/folders
2. rsync -av SRC DEST (without the need to specify --exclude-from, it would
automatically use .rsyncignore)


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------- Comment #1 from skee@omicron.token.ro  2009-02-17 15:09 CST -------
alias rsync=rsync --exclude-from=.rsyncignore


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wayned@samba.org changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX




------- Comment #2 from wayned@samba.org  2009-03-13 12:25 CST -------
I also think this is better left to local customization.  See the -F option
that causes rsync to use this filter command:  --filter=’dir-merge
/.rsync-filter’

If you want that by default, either setup an alias, a wrapper shell script, or
use a popt alias.  For instance, you could make the -a option include -F by
putting this in your ~/.popt (or /etc/popt) file:

rsync alias -a -aF


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