Comment 15 for bug 374274

As I watched my laptop crawl along last night, I was reminded of this request. Any news? Personally, I would like to see something along the lines of rsync's --filter='dir-merge /.rsync-filter'. It would allow more technically savvy types to place these files in various places for the backup system to use for filtering while keeping the UI clean and simple for novice types. $0.02...