feat: add exclude-if-xattr option#491
Merged
aawsome merged 1 commit intorustic-rs:mainfrom Mar 30, 2026
Merged
Conversation
Exclude files and directories from backups based on the presence of a named extended attribute. Includes an integration test and tries to handle platforms where xattr is unavailable gracefully.
This was referenced Mar 28, 2026
github-merge-queue bot
pushed a commit
that referenced
this pull request
Apr 5, 2026
## 🤖 New release * `rustic_core`: 0.10.1 -> 0.11.0 (✓ API compatible changes) <details><summary><i><b>Changelog</b></i></summary><p> <blockquote> ## [0.11.0](rustic_core-v0.10.1...rustic_core-v0.11.0) - 2026-04-05 ### Added - Optimize hardlink creation in restore ([#495](#495)) - add exclude-if-xattr option ([#491](#491)) ### Fixed - make `ignore`'s `.git_exclude()` mirror `.git_ignore()` ([#494](#494)) ### Other - update dependencies ([#496](#496)) - preserve hardlinks on restore ([#492](#492)) - use general tree modifier in `repair snapshots` ([#463](#463)) - [**breaking**] Optimize file streaming ([#489](#489)) - [**breaking**] use Cow to avoid OsString allocations ([#487](#487)) </blockquote> </p></details> --- This PR was generated with [release-plz](https://github.com/release-plz/release-plz/). Co-authored-by: rustic-release-plz[bot] <182542030+rustic-release-plz[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
2 participants
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
Exclude files and directories from backups based on the presence of a named extended attribute. Includes an integration test and tries to handle platforms where xattr is unavailable gracefully.
My main motivation is to allow for excluding files excluded by time machine on macos (at least those that can be excluded in a relatively cross-platform way), but I see no good reason why this feature can't be used on other platforms.
I also have changes to the
rusticrepository (readme, full.toml and snapshots for tests), but I'm not sure what's the meaningful workflow here with bumping Cargo.lock while before the actual rustic_core is updated, I'd appreciate a hint ;-)