Exclude all ".git" folders on Windows with "sync" command

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Hi all,

From a .bat file on Windows i’m trying to exclude all my “.git” directories but without success.
Of course, i have read the documentation.

What i have tried:

rclone.exe --exclude **.git/** sync "D:\Documents" remoteEncrypted:Documents 
rclone.exe --exclude *.git/** sync "D:\Documents" remoteEncrypted:Documents 
rclone.exe --exclude **/.git/** sync "D:\Documents" remoteEncrypted:Documents 
rclone.exe --exclude .git/** sync "D:\Documents" remoteEncrypted:Documents 
rclone.exe --exclude */.git/** sync "D:\Documents" remoteEncrypted:Documents

Any help please ? :pensive:

Thanks in advance,

Regards

2

Well … I exclude all my cache folders with:

- */cache/** (in a filter file)

that is similar to yours:

*/.git/**

Maybe the dot in the folder name interfere?

3

Thanks for your answer, how do you use a filter file ?
Maybe will it fix the dot interference.

4

You will have to use the --filter-from option.

5

To exclude directories you can simply use --exclude .git/

The / at the end of the filter will turn the filter into a directory filter (See https://rclone.org/filtering/#directories)

6

My .git folders are still uploaded with the following command from a .bat file:

rclone.exe sync "D:\Documents" remoteEncrypted:Documents --exclude .git/

Am i doing something wrong ?

7

Just to be sure : Does the “exclude” command work on encrypted remotes ? (on Microsoft Windows ?)

8

I tested this on an Windows machine and the --exclude .git/ works for me:

C:\rclone-v1.42-windows-amd64> rclone.exe sync --exclude .git/ a b

C:\rclone-v1.42-windows-amd64>tree /F

+---a
¦   +---1
¦       ¦   asdf.txt
¦       +---.git
¦           ¦   config
¦           ¦   description
¦           ¦   HEAD
¦           +---branches
¦           +---hooks
¦           +---info
¦           ¦       exclude
¦           +---objects
¦           ¦   +---info
¦           ¦   +---pack
¦           +---refs
¦               +---heads
¦               +---tags
+---b
    +---1
            asdf.txt

If you want sync to delete existing .git folders in the destination, you can use --delete-excluded.

--exclude works for all remotes. rclone will transform filenames for encrypted remotes transparently for you.

9

Oh, thanks for your help! I missed the --delete-excluded flag…

What i have now:

rclone.exe sync "D:\Documents" remoteEncrypted:Documents --exclude-from=rclone-filters.txt --delete-excluded

My rclone-filters.txt content:

.git/
[tT]humbs.db
[dD]esktop.ini
.DS_Store
AlbumArt*.jpg

Note that the --dump filters flag is also usefull to investigate filter-related issues.

Thanks again! How can i flag this topic as “resolved”?