Exclude directories other than user data

Thank you... This does answer the question.

Would suggest possibly working from a must have list (known needed system dirs/files) and allow the user to select? Just a suggestion still a great product.

There is no include list, only the FHS (Filesystem Hierarchy Standard) and hardcoded exclude lists for the system files. Only the system files are saved (the other files and directories are ignored in the root directory) and the user-defined exclusions are not possible because the system integrity. The system is based on Debian packages, with fixed items.

Thank you !

I have a few more related questions:

So anything that is data should go into /home - right?

How are includes and excludes handled?

I did not specify any includes or excludes, and it seems like the result is that everything in home directories that is hidden (starts with a period) is included while everything else is excluded - probably because the hidden stuff is assumed to be config files ad therefore relevant for system integrity while the non-hidden stuff is assumed to be data. Is that right so far?

So how are conflicts between includes and excludes handled? Which one has priority?

Thanks.

MSA

Yes, the users home dirs are located in the /home directory (this is the standard).

The restore points contains only the config files (config files definition: dot started - hidden - items in users dirs with 8 MB size limit for files).
The non-hidden items (in the user dirs) are just data files, yes, and maybe contains personal stuff (documentums, pictures, videos ...).

There is no priority, because the 'Exclude' and the 'Include' setting panels lists different items. So all files can not be included, but included items are defined as config files. If you perform a restoration, the included files may be overwritten.