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Automatically exclude development dependencies from Apple Time Machine backups

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Does it work with .git directories?

corradomatt opened this issue · comments

commented

This looks very interesting...can it be setup to exclude .git directories as well?

commented

I think you could easily edit those line https://github.com/stevegrunwell/asimov/blob/develop/asimov#L19-L24 and add GIT. Just try it out :)

commented

It would be easy to omit Git directories, but that feels counter-productive; the goal of Asimov is to prevent the backup of easily-recreated items like third-party npm and Composer packages.

Considering not all Git repos are stored remotely (or aren't always up-to-date), blocking .git directories could cause Asimov to prevent backups of important work, not just third-party dependencies that are easily restored.

If you'd like to explicitly block .git directories, you may explicitly call tmutil addexclusion <path> to block the directory from being backed up to Time Machine.