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doc: Improvements for --exclude 

Describe exclude pattern handling, adding multiple examples.

Closes #396
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Andreas Metzler 2017-12-24 15:39:18 +01:00
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@ -89,7 +89,16 @@ specify them with multiple ``--exclude``'s or one ``--exclude-file``
Patterns use `filepath.Glob <https://golang.org/pkg/path/filepath/#Glob>`__ internally,
see `filepath.Match <https://golang.org/pkg/path/filepath/#Match>`__ for syntax.
Additionally ``**`` excludes arbitrary subdirectories.
Patterns are tested against the full path of a file/dir to be saved, not only
against the relative path below the argument given to restic backup.
Patterns need to match on complete path components. (``foo`` matches
``/dir1/foo/dir2/file`` and ``/dir/foo`` but does not match ``/dir/foobar`` or
``barfoo``.) A trailing ``/`` is ignored. A leading ``/`` anchors the
pattern at the root directory. (``/bin`` matches ``/bin/bash`` but does not
match ``/usr/bin/restic``.) Regular wildcards cannot be used to match over the
directory separator ``/``. (``b*ash`` matches ``/bin/bash`` but does not match
``/bin/ash``.) However ``**`` matches arbitrary subdirectories. (``foo/**/bar``
matches ``/dir1/foo/dir2/bar/file``, ``/foo/bar/file`` and ``/tmp/foo/bar``.)
Environment-variables in exclude-files are expanded with
`os.ExpandEnv <https://golang.org/pkg/os/#ExpandEnv>`__.