Ignore/exclude files

Restic docs: Excluding files

You can pass --exclude path_or_pattern to restic commands to exclude matching paths in the source directory from the backup.

For scheduled backups (or just as a general practice), you can create "ignore files" that you can pass like restic src/ --exclude-file ~/.restic/ignores/ignore_filename. You can also pass multiple --exclude-filename ... and --exclude ... flags.

You can split your ignore files, i.e. by programming language or purpose. Below are some purpose-specific Restic ignore files.

Default/base ignores

## Ignore caches
*.cache
.cache/

## Ignore temporary files
*.tmp
*.temp

## Ignore specific user directories
Downloads/

## Ignore MacOS and Linux system files
.DS_Store
*.swp

## Ignore logs and temporary files
*.log
*.tmp
*.swp

## -----------------------------------

## Don't ignore the restic ignore file
!.resticignore

Python ignores

## Ignore Python bytecode files
__pycache__/
*.py[cod]
*$py.class

## Distribution / packaging
.Python
build/
develop-eggs/
dist/
site/
downloads/
eggs/
.eggs/
lib64/
parts/
sdist/
wheels/
share/python-wheels/
*.egg-info/
.installed.cfg
*.egg
MANIFEST

## Ruff cache
.ruff_cache

## Nox cache
.nox

## Ignore virtual environment directories
venv/
env/
.env/

## Ignore distribution/build directories
build/
dist/
*.egg-info/

## Ignore logs and temporary files
*.log
*.tmp
*.swp

## Ignore caches
.cache/
.pytest_cache/

## Ignore IDE/editor files
.vscode/
.idea/

## -----------------------------------

## Don't ignore the restic ignore file
!.resticignore

Go ignores

## Ignore Go build binaries
*.exe
*.exe~
*.test

## Ignore build output directories
bin/
build/

## -----------------------------------

## Don't ignore the restic ignore file
!.resticignore