gistfile1.txt

# download to `/var/tmp/ignorelist`
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rubo77/rsync-homedir-excludes/master/rsync-homedir-excludes.txt -O /var/tmp/ignorelist
# or copy to `/var/tmp/ignorelist`
cp ./rsync-homedir-excludes.txt /var/tmp/ignorelist

# edit the file /var/tmp/ignorelist to your needs
nano /var/tmp/ignorelist

# define a Backup directory, for example:
BACKUPDIR=/media/$USER/linuxbackup/home/$USER/
BACKUPDIR=/media/workspace/home/$USER/

# first append the “-n” parameter rsync will simulate the operation. you should use this before you start:
rsync -naP --exclude-from=/var/tmp/ignorelist /home/$USER/ $BACKUPDIR

ignorelist

# rsync-homedir-excludes
#
# A list of files to exclude when backing up *nix home directories using rsync.
#
# Author: Ruben Barkow-Kuder <https://github.com/rubo77/rsync-homedir-excludes>
# Version: 2019-11-30
#
# #Usage:
#    USER=<homedir username here>
#    rsync -aP --exclude-from=rsync-homedir-excludes.txt /home/$USER/ /media/$USER/linuxbackup/home/$USER/


###############################################
# directories, probably not worth a backup    #
# (uncomment the files you don't need)        #
###############################################

.data
.snapshot*
Projects/ar-en/web/images/*
Projects/fyp/drupal/docroot/sites/*/files/*
Projects/fyp/private/*
Games/
*vendor/
*node_modules/
.node-gyp
.yarn
.codeintel
.android
.AndroidStudio*/
Android/Sdk
.gradle
.gvm
.grails/
.grails_history
.kde/share/apps/nepomuk
.local/share/notbit
.local/libvirt
.local/share/libvirt
.vagrant
.vagrant.d
.wine
.twister
/twister
Applications/eclipse*
/Downloads
*Popcorntime*
/.aMule
/Scribus
/VirtualBox*
/Nextcloud
_build
/Music
#
## Ruby gems
.rvm
#
## Add Game Folders here:
#
/games
.local/share/Steam
.var/app/**/.local/share/Steam
.steam
/Steam
.minecraft
.PlayOnLinux

#
## Spotify
.config/spotify/Users
#
## those folders contain only temporary Videos I want to watch
/Videos
/Movies
#
## some history files
.python_history
.bash_history
.zsh_history
#
## Python eggs
.local/lib/python*
#
## Unlocked Plasma Vaults
/Vaults

################################################
# These directories may definitely be excluded #
################################################

# Contains mounted file systems:

.gvfs
.local/share/gvfs-metadata
# contains the actual encrypted home directory
/.Private

# Session-specific:
/.dbus
.cache
.var/app/*/cache
.var/app/*/.cache
/.Trash
.Trash-1*
.local/share/Trash
/Trash

# Cached info about audio CDs:
.cddb

# Cached packages lists:
.aptitude

# Node Package Manager cache
.npm

# Node Version Manager
.nvm

#Flash-specific:

# Cache for flash, maybe others?
.adobe
# except for Flash persistence, there is no reason to keep this
.macromedia

#Files:

# Contains errors from the current graphical session
.xsession-errors
.wayland-errors

# Recently used files
.local/share/RecentDocuments
.recently-used
.recently-used.xbel
recently-used.xbel
.thumbnails
.thumb
Thumbs.db
.DS_Store
.localised
.CFUserTextEncoding
.zcompdump*
.wget-hsts

# Common Unix Printing System
/.cups

# run-time configuration information for Subversion
/.subversion

# Python virtual environments
/.virtualenvs

# Session-specific
.Xauthority
.ICEauthority
.gksu.lock
.pulse
.pulse-cookie
.esd_auth

#KDE specific:

# Recent documents on KDE
.kde/share/apps/RecentDocuments
.kde4/share/apps/RecentDocuments
# Contains a history of the Klipper clipboard (KDE)
.kde/share/apps/klipper
.kde4/share/apps/klipper
.local/share/klipper
# You will loose saved scrolling positions of PDFs
.kde/share/apps/okular/docdata
.kde/share/apps/gwenview/recentfolders
.kde4/share/apps/okular/docdata
.kde4/share/apps/gwenview/recentfolders
.local/share/okular/docdata
.local/share/org.kde.gwenview/recentfolders
# Cached other users' profile pics
.kde/share/apps/kmess/displaypics
.kde4/share/apps/kmess/displaypics
# Cached emoticons of others
.kde/share/apps/kmess/customemoticons
.kde4/share/apps/kmess/customemoticons

#Gnome specific:

# tracker data files
.local/share/tracker

#Tor Browser supposed to not be backupped ;)
.local/share/torbrowser

#Firefox-specific (see also Profile folder):

.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache
# in case Fx crashes dumps will be stored in this
.mozilla/firefox/*/minidumps
# session-specific 
.mozilla/firefox/*/.parentlock
# phishing database, recreated
.mozilla/firefox/*/urlclassifier3.sqlite
# blacklisted extensions
.mozilla/firefox/*/blocklist.xml
# extension database, recreated on startup
.mozilla/firefox/*/extensions.sqlite
.mozilla/firefox/*/extensions.sqlite-journal
.mozilla/firefox/*/extensions.rdf
.mozilla/firefox/*/extensions.ini
.mozilla/firefox/*/extensions.cache
# cached UI data, recreated
.mozilla/firefox/*/XUL.mfasl
.mozilla/firefox/*/XPC.mfasl
.mozilla/firefox/*/xpti.dat
.mozilla/firefox/*/compreg.dat
# cached plugin data, recreated
.mozilla/firefox/*/pluginreg.dat

#SeaMonkey-specific (see also Profile folder):

.mozilla/seamonkey/*/Cache
# in case Fx crashes dumps will be stored in this
.mozilla/seamonkey/*/minidumps
# session-specific 
.mozilla/seamonkey/*/.parentlock
# blacklisted extensions
.mozilla/seamonkey/*/blocklist.xml
# extension database, recreated on startup
.mozilla/seamonkey/*/extensions.sqlite
.mozilla/seamonkey/*/extensions.rdf
.mozilla/seamonkey/*/extensions.ini
# cached UI data, recreated
.mozilla/seamonkey/*/xpti.dat
.mozilla/seamonkey/*/compreg.dat
# cached plugin data, recreated
.mozilla/seamonkey/*/pluginreg.dat

# Thunderbird Cache in your profile folder
.thunderbird/*/Cache

#Opera-specific (related question on Superuser.com: Is documentation available on files and directories in the Opera profile folder?):

.opera/temporary_downloads
.opera/cache
.opera/thumbnails
.opera/opcache
.opera/icons
.opera/application_cache
.opera/widgets/*/cache
.opera/lock

# Keychain dir (manage SSH and GPG keys, front-end to ssh-agent and ssh-add)
/.keychain

#Komodo Edit:

.komodoedit/*/codeintel/db
.komodoedit/*/host-*/*/codeintel
.komodoedit/*/XRE/Cache
.komodoedit/*/XRE/.activatestate/komodo edit/Crash Reports
.komodoedit/*/XRE/.activatestate/komodo edit/*/Cache
.komodoedit/*/XRE/.activatestate/komodo edit/*/minidump
.komodoedit/*/XRE/.parentlock
.komodoedit/*/XRE/extensions.rdf
.komodoedit/*/XRE/extensions.ini
.komodoedit/*/XRE/extensions.cache
.komodoedit/*/XRE/XPC.mfasl
.komodoedit/*/XRE/XUL.mfasl
.komodoedit/*/XRE/xpti.dat
.komodoedit/*/XRE/pluginreg.dat
.komodoedit/*/XRE/compreg.dat
.komodoedit/*/XRE/*.sqlite-journal
.komodoedit/*/pystdout.log
.komodoedit/*/pystderr.log
.komodoedit/*/history.sqlite.bak
.komodoedit/*/running.lock
.komodoedit/*/mutex.lock
.komodoedit/*/*.xmlc
.komodoedit/*/startup-env.tmp
.komodoedit/*/commandments.fifo
.komodoedit/*/history.sqlite

#GnuPG:

.gnupg/rnd
.gnupg/random_seed
.gnupg/.#*
.gnupg/*.lock
.gnupg/gpg-agent-info-*

#Google Earth:
.googleearth/Temp
.googleearth/Cache

#Google Chrome:

.config/google-chrome/ShaderCache
.config/google-chrome/Default/Local Storage
.config/google-chrome/Default/Session Storage
.config/google-chrome/Default/Application Cache
.config/google-chrome/Default/History Index *
.config/google-chrome/Default/Service Worker/CacheStorage

#Chromium:

.config/chromium/Default/Local Storage
.config/chromium/Default/Session Storage
.config/chromium/Default/Application Cache
.config/chromium/Default/History Index *
/snap/chromium/common/.cache
/snap/chromium/*/.config/chromium/Default/Service Worker/CacheStorage
/snap/chromium/*/.local/share/

#Riot
/snap/riot-web/

#Brave
.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/Feature Engagement Tracker/
.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/Local Storage/
.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/Service Worker/CacheStorage/
.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/Session Storage/
.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Safe Browsing/
.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/ShaderCache/

#Local repositories:
.gradle/caches
/.m2/repository

#indexer
.local/share/baloo
.local/share/zeitgeist
.local/share/akonadi

#Other apps:

# Pidgin
.purple/icons
# Cached applets
.guayadeque/cache.db
.java/deployment/cache
.icedteaplugin
.icedtea
.gnome2/epiphany/favicon_cache

# other temporary files
nohup.out

# LibreOffice cache files
.config/libreoffice/4/cache

# freshplayerplugin LSO
.config/freshwrapper-data/Shockwave Flash/WritableRoot/#SharedObjects

# Snap caches
.config/*/Cache

# Atom
.config/Atom/*Cache
.config/Atom/IndexedDB
.atom/compile-cache/

# Vim
.vim/bundle/*
.viminfo

# VS Code
.vscode-oss/extensions/*
.vscode/extensions/*
.config/Code - OSS/blob_storage/
.config/Code - OSS/GPUCache/
.config/Code - OSS/logs/
.config/Code/blob_storage/
.config/Code/GPUCache/
.config/Code/logs/

# VirtualBox
.config/VirtualBox/VBoxSVC.log*

# Rust artefacts
.cargo
.rustup

# Erlang artefacts
.kerl

# golang Cache
go/pkg/mod/cache

# ccache, remove cache but keep config
.ccache/?
.ccache/tmp

# Nvidia OpenGL Shader Cache
.nv/GLCache

# Citrix ICA Client
.ICAClient/logs
.ICAClient/.tmp
.ICAClient/cache/zlcache

# Geany IDE - socket file
.config/geany/geany_socket_*

# LBRY
.config/lbry
.local/share/lbry/lbrynet

# Electron Apps
.config/**/blob_storage
.config/**/Application Cache
.config/**/cache
.config/**/.cache
.config/**/Cache
.config/**/CachedData
.config/**/Code Cache
.config/**/GPUCache
.var/app/**/blob_storage
.var/app/**/cache
.var/app/**/.cache
.var/app/**/Application Cache
.var/app/**/Cache
.var/app/**/CachedData
.var/app/**/Code Cache
.var/app/**/GPUCache