From a626392eb1c3e222a4ead23cf8b442c89dfa5b26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tke <tobias.kessels@certbw.de>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:50:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add sensible exlcudes for restic backup

---
 config/restic/excludes.txt | 119 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 119 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 config/restic/excludes.txt

diff --git a/config/restic/excludes.txt b/config/restic/excludes.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..954b90b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/restic/excludes.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+# ==============================================================================
+# Restic Exclude Patterns for Linux $HOME
+# ==============================================================================
+# Usage:
+#   restic backup /home/$USER \
+#     --exclude-file=/path/to/excludes.txt \
+#     --exclude-caches \
+#     --exclude-if-present .nobackup \
+#     --one-file-system
+#
+# Dry-run check:
+#   restic backup /home/$USER --exclude-file=excludes.txt --exclude-caches --dry-run -v
+# ==============================================================================
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 1. System, Desktop Caches & Trash
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.cache
+**/.cache
+.thumbnails
+**/.thumbnails
+.local/share/Trash
+**/.Trash*
+.local/share/baloo
+.dbus
+.gvfs
+.xsession-errors*
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 2. Browser & Messaging Caches (outside ~/.cache)
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache
+.mozilla/firefox/*/minidumps
+.mozilla/firefox/*/saved-telemetry-pings
+.config/google-chrome/*/Application Cache
+.config/google-chrome/*/Service Worker/CacheStorage
+.config/google-chrome/*/Default/GPUCache
+.config/chromium/*/Application Cache
+.config/discord/Cache
+.config/discord/Code Cache
+.config/Slack/Cache
+.config/Slack/Service Worker/CacheStorage
+.config/Spotify/Users/*/Data
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 3. Development: Dependencies, Package Managers & Build Artifacts
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Generic build / dependencies
+**/node_modules
+**/bower_components
+**/vendor
+**/.venv
+**/venv
+**/env
+**/__pycache__
+**/*.pyc
+**/.pytest_cache
+**/.mypy_cache
+**/.ruff_cache
+**/.tox
+
+# Language package caches & tools
+.npm
+.yarn/cache
+.pnpm-store
+.cargo/registry
+.cargo/git
+**/target/debug
+**/target/release
+.rustup/toolchains
+.gradle/caches
+.gradle/daemon
+.gradle/wrapper
+.m2/repository
+.go/pkg
+.cache/go-build
+.nuget/packages
+.gem
+.bundle/cache
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 4. Containers, VMs, Flatpak & Wine
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.local/share/containers
+.local/share/flatpak/repo
+.var/app/*/cache
+.wine
+.local/share/bottles
+.vagrant.d
+**/*.qcow2
+**/*.vdi
+**/*.vmdk
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 5. Gaming (Steam & games can be re-downloaded)
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.steam
+.local/share/Steam
+.lutris
+.paradoxinteractive
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 6. Ephemeral & Lock / Socket / Temp Files
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+**/*.tmp
+**/*.temp
+**/*.sock
+**/*.socket
+**/*~
+**/.DS_Store
+core
+core.*
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 7. Optional / Large User Folders (uncomment if you want to skip)
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Downloads/
+# Videos/
+# ISOs/