I'm stuck on this, I'm trying not to backup what really isn't needed is some rails apps I'm doing. Basically Bitfolk does backups of (amongst other things) my /var directory (I already have a .bitfolk-rsync-filter to ensure that some stuff in /var isn't backed up). In side /var/www/rails-apps I have a rails app (with more to be added), since the git repositotires the code comes from are backed up elsewhere I don't want to backup each app's .git folder or any .git* files. I also don;t want to backup the log or tmp directories for each app.

I have a /var/www/.bitfolk-rsync-filter file with the following contents:

- .*

- .*/

- rails-apps/*/tmp/

- rails-apps/*/log/

- rails-apps/**/.git*

- rails-apps/*/.git/

I have also tried this contents:

- .*

- .*/

- /var/www/rails-apps/*/tmp/

- /var/www/rails-apps/*/log/

- /var/www/rails-apps/**/.git*

- /var/www/rails-apps/*/.git/

However the following files (which I don't want backed up) are being backed up:

/var/www/rails-apps/osmx.staging/.git (directory)

/var/www/rails-apps/osmx.staging/.gitignore

/var/www/rails-apps/osmx.staging/vendor/plugins/.gitkeep

/var/www/rails-apps/osmx.staging/vendor/assets/stylesheets/.gitkeep

/var/www/rails-apps/osmx.staging/lib/tasks/.gitkeep

/var/www/rails-apps/osmx.staging/lib/assets/.gitkeep

/var/www/rails-apps/osmx.staging/test/integration/.gitkeep

/var/www/rails-apps/osmx.staging/test/functional/.gitkeep

/var/www/rails-apps/osmx.staging/test/unit/.gitkeep

/var/www/rails-apps/osmx.staging/test/fixtures/.gitkeep

/var/www/rails-apps/osmx.staging/.gitignore

/var/www/rails-apps/osmx.staging/app/models/.gitkeep

/var/www/rails-apps/osmx.staging/app/mailers/.gitkeep

What have I got wrong (so far neither the man page or Google have helped me)?

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Robert Gauld
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