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by Ajedi32 61 days ago
I'd be really curious to know why that's working for you and not me. I just tried restoring and none of my .git directories were included; just the working copy. I tried with both the web and desktop restore tool.

There's no mention of .git being excluded in the Settings or on their support page (https://www.backblaze.com/computer-backup/docs/supported-bac...); they just silently decided to not back up a bunch of my files without telling me... wonderful.

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Unfortunately I do not know, I haven’t done anything to configure this as far as I am aware. I am on macOS.
Deleting C:\Programdata\Backblaze\bzdata\bzexcluderules_mandatory.xml resolve the problem for me. Seems like at one point[1] they started excluding .git directories by default, got a bunch of backlash, reverted that change, but never changed the setting back for some users (like me).

[1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/backblaze/comments/1cgy93n/i_did_a_...

Good to know, thanks for reporting back