[Sync.com](https://sync.com) offers secure cloud storage, ensuring your data is safe and accessible. - Sync directories and files across multiple devices. - Share [files](https://cp.sync.com/files/) with people. - Store files in a [vault](https://cp.sync.com/vault/), which does not sync across devices. # Limitations Sync cannot exclude any files from backup. There is no concept of a `.syncignore` file or anything like that. [[Git]] repositories have _many_ files, like historical versions of files and [[Python|Python]] virtual environments. They take up a lot of space and are not needed by the current project. # Solution Use an [[rsync]] script to periodically send files to a Sync directory. ```sh source_dir="${1}" target_dir="${2}" rsync ${source_dir} ${target_dir} \ --recursive \ --filter="dir-merge,- .gitignore" \ --exclude=".git" \ --exclude=".venv" ``` Schedule the script to run each day with a [[cron]] task. # Resources [Exclude files from .gitignore. Stack Overflow.](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13713101/rsync-exclude-according-to-gitignore-hgignore-svnignore-like-filter-c/15373763#15373763)