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What to include in a backup? (Ubuntu)
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I auto-backup my entire /home, except for stuff I explicitly exclude and hidden files. I only explicitly include some of the latter, because I don't want to back up all the stuff programs put there without my knowledge.
Config files outside of /home I copy semi-manually to and from a dedicated dir in which I replicate exactly where they go in my actual FS. I have written shell functions that easily allow me to backup and restore stuff from there and it's synced to my cloud storage.