From 0e1ebd27b68123e592417c49233ff5431be1032c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias <matthias.mitscherlich@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 20:43:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] try to add an exclude list

---
 jenkins/default_backup.yml | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/jenkins/default_backup.yml b/jenkins/default_backup.yml
index a10a8b6..f77bd1f 100644
--- a/jenkins/default_backup.yml
+++ b/jenkins/default_backup.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ pipeline {
         booleanParam(name: 'backuptostackstorage', defaultValue: false, description: 'If true backup data to TransIP Stack')
         booleanParam(name: 'backuptodavid', defaultValue: false, description: 'If true rsync the BORG repository to David')
         booleanParam(name: 'backuptopi', defaultValue: false, description: 'If true rsync the BORG repository to our ExternalPI')
+        text(name: 'borgexclude', defaultValue: '**/cache**, **/preview/**', description: 'List of directories or files to exclude')
     }
     stages {
       stage('Run Information') {
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ pipeline {
                 echo "Backup to TransIP Stack is ${params.backuptostackstorage}"
                 echo "Backup to David is ${params.backuptodavid}"
                 echo "Backup to External PI is ${params.backuptopi}"
+                echo "Excludelist: ${params.excludelist}"
+                sh "echo ${params.excludelist} >> excludelist"
             }
         }
         stage('Getting RClone Configuration') {
@@ -28,7 +31,8 @@ pipeline {
                 script {
                     if (params.backuplocally) {
                         withCredentials([string(credentialsId: 'cbce976a-0d98-4f35-8ea2-1f7818931bc3', variable: 'BORG_PASSPHRASE')]) {
-                          sh "borg create --progress --stats ${env.borglocation}/${directory}::${java.time.LocalDateTime.now().format(java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern('dd-MM-yyyy_HH:mm'))} ${env.storagelocation}/${directory}"
+                          sh "borg create --progress --stats --exclude-from excludelist ${env.borglocation}/${directory}::${java.time.LocalDateTime.now().format(java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern('dd-MM-yyyy_HH:mm'))} ${env.storagelocation}/${directory}"
+                          sh "borg prune --list --keep-daily 31 --keep-weekly 48 ${env.borglocation}/${directory}"
                         }
                     } else {
                         echo "Local BORG backup creation is skipped"