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Add support for excluding cache directories
See http://www.brynosaurus.com/cachedir/.
Some tools that support the specification are:
Yes, rsync would benefit from obeying the CACHEDIR.TAG that other programs obey, such as GNU tar. Saying that you can simulate the same thing by adding rsync-specific filter files everywhere isn't helpful since that (1) doubles the number of files one has to add everywhere, (2) opens the security risk of --trust-sender, and (3) only works for rsync.
This thread got duplicated at [#499]feature request: support Cache Directory Tagging Specification