#!/bin/sh
# RSYNC wrapper to exclude files by default
# https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/21701/how-can-i-exclude-files-by-default-with-rsync

# Set path to the rsync binary
RSYNC=/usr/bin/rsync

# Look for these exclude files
IGNORE_FILES=(~/.rsyncignore ./.gitignore ./.rsyncignore)

EXCLUDE_FROM=""
for f in ${IGNORE_FILES[@]}; do
  if [[ -e $f ]]; then
    EXCLUDE_FROM="$EXCLUDE_FROM --exclude-from=$f "
  fi
done
$RSYNC $EXCLUDE_FROM "$@"