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

Short answer

rsync -r --info=progress2 --filter=':- .gitignore' SOURCE DEST/

Parameters meaning:

-r: recursive

--info=...: show progress

--filter=...: exclude by the rules listed on the .gitignore file