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by Vegenoid10 hours ago |

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by andybak8 hours ago|

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I commented on this topic elsewhere on this page. This is an email from 2021. Maybe they changed policy but here:

> Bob (Backblaze Help)

> Aug 5, 2021, 11:33 PDT

> Hello there,

> Thank you for taking the time to write in,

> Unfortunately .git directories are excluded by Backblaze by default. File

> changes within .git directories occur far too often and over so many files

> that the Backblaze software simply would not be able to keep up. It's beyond

> the scope of our application.

> The Personal Backup Plan is a consumer grade backup product. Unfortunately we

> will not be able to meet your needs in this regard.

> Let me know if you have any other questions.

> Regards,

> Bob The Backblaze Team

by layer87 hours ago|

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> changes within .git directories occur far too often and over so many files that the Backblaze software simply would not be able to keep up.

I don’t really understand that. I’m using Windows File History, and while it’s limited to backing up changes only every 15 minutes, and is writing to a local network drive, it doesn’t seem to have any trouble with .git directories.

by tehbeard5 hours ago|

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Does the UI atleast hint there's hidden files or is it only by going to the filters you can find this out?

It seems incredibly stupid for a BACKUP PROGRAM to not list the hidden files instead of indicating they're hidden (e.g. _(hidden)_.git)

by Ajedi3210 hours ago|

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Thanks. Silently ignoring .git folders would be much more egregious than not backing up cloud drives in my opinion. The latter is at least somewhat understandable, though they should have been more transparent about it.