Yet another filter question

[Kevin Korb]

Try:
+ *.git/
+ *.git/.git/***
- *.git/*

(you probably want to add --prune-empty-dirs)

Also, when debugging filters/excludes use -vv as it will tell you which
pattern is causing it to do what.

Also, there is no point in using -v without --itemize-changes.

On 05/03/2016 04:07 PM, Christoph Biedl wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Since the very first day I've been using rsync - some 15 years ago -
> the filtering rules caused great grieve. Their behaviour is just not
> the way I'd expect it be be and as I read the manpage. Usually I end
> up with some hand-written recipes, carefully documented,y including all
> the gotchas.
> 
> This time however I failed and I see no other way than to ask for
> advice.
> 
> Given the following structure
> 
>         project/
>             .rsync-filter
>             project.git/
>                 .git/
> 
> Now, the following command (rsync 3.1.1)
> 
>     rsync -av --del --deleted-excluded -F \
>         /path/to/project/ /path/to/backup/project/
> 
> should transfer
> 
> - sync: project/project.git/.git/
> - skip: Everything else in project/project.git/
> - sync: Everything else in project/
> 
> In other words: Don't transfer the git repo except for .git/ itself.
> Yes, this means files not checked in are lost, that's by intention.
> 
> Now, how is .rsync-filter supposed to look? The first of many failing
> attempts was
> 
>     + *.git/.git/*
>     - *.git/
> 
> This however kills the entire project.git/ directory, in violation of
> "the first matching pattern is acted on". Given previous bad
> experiences I've tried (using a script) all 128 combination of
> 
> - line order
> - '+' or '-' at the start of any line
> - '*' appended to any line, or not, with without trailing slash
> 
> but no avail.
> 
> Any clue?
> 
>     Christoph
> 

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