[Bug 12378] New: why i cannot exclude dir/files if using option "--files-from"

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https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12378

            Bug ID: 12378
           Summary: why i cannot exclude dir/files if using option
                    "--files-from"
           Product: rsync
           Version: 3.1.2
          Hardware: x64
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P5
         Component: core
          Assignee: wayned at samba.org
          Reporter: isaja at sissa.it
        QA Contact: rsync-qa at samba.org

I don't understand if this is intended or not, but when I use "--files-from"
and  "--exclude"  options together all files are synced anyhow.
eg.:
rsync -av -c --delete --relative --delete-excluded  --exclude=".cache"
--exclude="mydirToExclude" /home . 
it correctly doesn't copy the .cache folder.

but:
rsync -av -c --delete --relative --delete-excluded --files-from=myFileList.txt
--exclude=".cache" --exclude="mydirToExclude" /home .
does copy everything.

instead using a pattern such as  --exclude="**myDirToExclude**"  
doesn't copy all lines with that pattern

myFileList.txt is something like:
userName/.cache/mozilla/firefox/e9dwu0jm.default/cache2/entries/D3BD7BB89AFC5E5C3921C55D38B7DB4F6A6A8C55
userName/.cache/mozilla/firefox/e9dwu0jm.default/cache2/entries/996E251B0D179792066F30DEB82476DF9D5E8B15
userName/.cache/mozilla/firefox/e9dwu0jm.default/directoryLinks.json
userName/.cache/winetricks/dotnet40/dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe
userName/.cache/winetricks/dotnet30/dotnetfx3.exe
userName/.cache/winetricks/dotnet20sp2/NetFx20SP2_x86.exe
userName/.cache/winetricks/msls31/InstMsiW.exe
userName/Downloads/Sentinel_LDK_Run-time_setup/HASPUserSetup.exe
userName/Downloads/Sentinel_LDK_Run-time_setup/readme.html


Thanks,
alessio

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