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+# this file notes down what things to ignore when you make backups, for example 
+# with borg/vorta
+#
+# The assumption is that we want to keep userdata, not application data. For 
+# example, we want to keep the image you drew, not the executable of the program 
+# you drew that with. The reasoning is that you can probably install that anew 
+# with little effort.
+
+# things in /home
+~/.local/state
+~/.local/share/Trash
+~/.cache
+~/.steam
+~/Downloads
+~/.cargo/registry
+~/.local/share/flatpak
+~/.local/share/nvim/mason
+~/.local/share/nvim/lazy
+~/.pyenv
+
+# keywords
+**trash**
+**Trash**
+**cache**
+**Cache**
+
+# part of dir tree
+**/tmp
+**/temp
+
+# programming stuff and compiled stuff
+*/target
+**/.rustup
+
+# filetypes
+*.iso
+*.tmp
+
+# system stuff
+/var/cache
+/var/log
+/tmp