Skip already excluded directories#97
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Using `mdfind` since it's fast, yet it may not return all excluded directories Kinda fixes stevegrunwell#68
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Use Spotlight metadata (mdfind) to identify directories already excluded from Time Machine and skip them during the find traversal. Also fixes a comment typo and removes duplicate Gradle sentinel entries. Inspired by stevegrunwell#97, props @VladRassokhin.
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Use Spotlight metadata (mdfind) to identify directories already excluded from Time Machine and skip them during the find traversal. Also fixes a comment typo and removes duplicate Gradle sentinel entries. Inspired by stevegrunwell#97, props @VladRassokhin.
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* docs(readme): clarify that asimov only affects Time Machine, not Spotlight Add a note explaining that asimov does not hide directories from Spotlight indexing, with guidance on how to configure Spotlight privacy settings separately. Addresses stevegrunwell#90. * feat(sentinels): add .NET project build directory exclusions Exclude bin/ and obj/ directories when *.csproj (C#) or *.fsproj (F#) project files are present, using glob sentinel patterns. Inspired by stevegrunwell#87, props @guigomesa. * feat: skip already-excluded directories for faster subsequent runs Use Spotlight metadata (mdfind) to identify directories already excluded from Time Machine and skip them during the find traversal. Also fixes a comment typo and removes duplicate Gradle sentinel entries. Inspired by stevegrunwell#97, props @VladRassokhin. * feat: exclude well-known global cache directories Add fixed directory exclusions for common tool caches (~/.cache, ~/.gradle/caches, ~/.m2/repository, ~/.npm/_cacache, ~/.nuget/packages, ~/.kube/cache) that are always safe to exclude without sentinel files. Inspired by stevegrunwell#69, props @pkuczynski.
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I've a
~/development/projectdirectory which is manually marked as excluded from Time Machine.Previously
asimovwould iterate over its subdirectories, now it won't.Also, subsequent runs could benefit from that feature.
Using
mdfindinstead offind "${ASIMOV_ROOT}" -type d -xattrname "com.apple.metadata:com_apple_backup_excludeItem" -prune -printas it's superfast. Though it has a downside: some excluded directories are not reported.