rsync exclude according to .gitignore & .hgignore & svn:ignore like --filter=:C

Question

Rsync includes a nifty option --cvs-exclude to “ignore files in the same way CVS does”, but CVS has been obsolete for years. Is there any way to make it also ex

Answer 1

2018 solution confirmed

rsync -ah --delete 
    --include .git --exclude-from="$(git -C SRC ls-files \
        --exclude-standard -oi --directory >.git/ignores.tmp && \
        echo .git/ignores.tmp')" \
    SRC DST 

Details: --exclude-from is mandatory instead of --exclude because likely case that exclude list would not be parsed as an argument. Exclude from requires a file and cannot work with pipes.

Current solution saves the exclude file inside the .git folder in order to assure it will not affect git status while keeping it self contained. If you want you are welcome to use /tmp.