From 5fe5b6b339d20b5c19fdd7fbd7d12747b7f07ecb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Waldmann <tw@waldmann-edv.de>
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2016 22:26:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: different pattern matching for --exclude, fixes #1779

---
 docs/usage.rst | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/usage.rst b/docs/usage.rst
index 9a0dc7108..61b469b15 100644
--- a/docs/usage.rst
+++ b/docs/usage.rst
@@ -387,6 +387,15 @@ Examples
     # As above, but add nanoseconds
     $ borg create /path/to/repo::{hostname}-{user}-{now:%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f} ~
 
+Notes
+~~~~~
+
+- the --exclude patterns are not like tar. In tar --exclude .bundler/gems will
+  exclude foo/.bundler/gems. In borg it will not, you need to use --exclude
+  '*/.bundler/gems' to get the same effect. See ``borg help patterns`` for
+  more information.
+
+
 .. include:: usage/extract.rst.inc
 
 Examples