chrisDeFouRire/exclude-tm.sh

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Find node_modules folders and exclude them from Time Machine backups

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exclude-tm.sh

	find . -type d -name "node_modules" -prune -print0 \| while IFS= read -r -d '' dir; do
	echo "Excluding: $dir"
	tmutil addexclusion "$dir"
	done

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