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Wouldn't that miss files whose names start with a dot, such as .htaccess?

Greg Hewgill
– Greg Hewgill

2011-09-16 19:45:54 +00:00
Commented Sep 16, 2011 at 19:45
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A good solution, I would change --exclude='.*' to --exclude='.git*'

schmunk
– schmunk

2011-10-12 08:00:51 +00:00
Commented Oct 12, 2011 at 8:00
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--exclude-vcs if you were going to take this tact

plod
– plod

2011-11-07 17:05:49 +00:00
Commented Nov 7, 2011 at 17:05
Can ./FROM/ be a remote repo?

Resist Design
– Resist Design

2013-01-31 02:14:31 +00:00
Commented Jan 31, 2013 at 2:14
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As an FYI, my copy of rsync lists the argument as --cvs-exclude. Additionally, it still copies over .gitattributes and .gitignore

Ryan Ransford
– Ryan Ransford

2014-02-21 14:12:09 +00:00
Commented Feb 21, 2014 at 14:12

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