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description: Identify filesystem parts to backup and suggest inclusion patterns |
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tags: [backup, filesystem, strategy, rclone, project, gitignored] |
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--- |
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You are helping the user identify which parts of their filesystem should be backed up and create appropriate inclusion patterns. |
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## Process |
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1. **Analyze filesystem structure** |
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- Home directory size: `du -sh ~/*` or `du -h --max-depth=1 ~ | sort -h` |
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- System directories to consider |
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- External drives/mounts |
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2. **Categorize data by importance** |
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**Critical (must backup):** |
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- Documents: `~/Documents` |
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- Development work: `~/repos` |
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- Configuration files: `~/.config`, `~/.ssh`, `~/.gnupg` |
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- Scripts: `~/scripts`, `~/.local/bin` |
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- AI documentation: `~/ai-docs` |
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**Important (should backup):** |
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- Pictures/Photos |
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- Videos (personal) |
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- Music (if not streaming) |
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- Downloads (selective) |
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- Email (if local) |
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**Optional (consider backing up):** |
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- Application data: `~/.local/share` |
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- Browser data (bookmarks, passwords) |
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- Game saves |
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**Exclude (don't backup):** |
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- Caches: `~/.cache` |
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- Temporary files: `/tmp`, `~/.tmp` |
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- Virtual machines/disk images |
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- Node modules: `node_modules/` |
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- Python venvs: `venv/`, `.venv/` |
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- Build artifacts: `target/`, `build/`, `dist/` |
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- Large media files (if cloud-synced elsewhere) |
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3. **Identify special considerations** |
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- Check for large directories: `du -h --max-depth=2 ~ | sort -h | tail -20` |
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- Look for media libraries |
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- Identify development projects with dependencies |
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- Find version-controlled repos (can skip .git if remote exists) |
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4. **Create inclusion/exclusion patterns** |
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**For rclone:** |
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``` |
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# Include patterns |
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+ /Documents/** |
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+ /repos/** |
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+ /.config/** |
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+ /.ssh/** |
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+ /.gnupg/** |
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+ /scripts/** |
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+ /.local/bin/** |
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+ /ai-docs/** |
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+ /Pictures/** |
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# Exclude patterns |
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- /.cache/** |
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- /.local/share/Trash/** |
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- /**/node_modules/** |
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- /**/.venv/** |
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- /**/venv/** |
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- /**/__pycache__/** |
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- /**/.git/** |
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- /.thumbnails/** |
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``` |
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**For rsync:** |
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```bash |
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--include='/Documents/***' |
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--include='/repos/***' |
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--exclude='**/.cache/' |
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--exclude='**/node_modules/' |
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--exclude='**/.venv/' |
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``` |
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5. **Calculate backup size** |
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- Estimate total backup size based on included directories |
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- Consider compression potential |
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- Plan for growth |
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6. **Suggest backup frequency** |
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- Critical data: Daily or real-time sync |
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- Important data: Weekly |
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- Optional data: Monthly |
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- System configs: After changes |
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7. **Create backup configuration file** |
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- Offer to create `~/scripts/backup-config.txt` with patterns |
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- Create `~/scripts/backup-estimate.sh` to calculate size |
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## Output |
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Provide a report showing: |
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- Categorized list of directories to backup |
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- Size estimates for each category |
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- Recommended inclusion/exclusion patterns (rclone and rsync format) |
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- Total estimated backup size |
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- Suggested backup frequency for each category |
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- Configuration file content |
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