TIL Ask rsync to respect .gitignore

It is possible to ask rsync to respect .gitignore when transferring data with the --filter switch.

--filter=':- .gitignore'

This approach would work for .dockerignore or robots.txt or well, any file that lists paths one-per-line.

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man 1 rsync

• rsync man page

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