[gregmac]

Yes exactly that, plus it ignores .log, .db and core.restore_state.

I should note I specifically use this for doing source control of configuration and making it easy to manually edit -- I have an entirely separate process for backups of the server itself.

Like you, I've also gone through several iterations but this has been working for me for almost a year now.

[tailspin2019]

Cool, thanks for elaborating. I may give this approach another try.

That said, I’m making far fewer YAML changes these days than I used to. I’m doing almost everything via their UI so maybe I need to consider how much I actually need source control now vs just having solid backups.

Originally I was against their move from YAML config to the more user friendly GUI approach but I have to admit it’s a lot easier to make quick on-the-fly changes to my automations these days. I’m begrudgingly coming around to the idea of not firing up VS Code every time I want to tweak something!