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[Aaron Whitehouse <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Aaron Whitehouse has proposed merging lp:~aaron-whitehouse/duplicity/improve_present_get_sf_man_page into lp:duplicity.

Requested reviews:
  duplicity-team (duplicity-team)

For more details, see:
https://code.launchpad.net/~aaron-whitehouse/duplicity/improve_present_get_sf_man_page/+merge/288199

Improve man page entry for --exclude-if-present
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Your team duplicity-team is requested to review the proposed merge of lp:~aaron-whitehouse/duplicity/improve_present_get_sf_man_page into lp:duplicity.

=== modified file 'bin/duplicity.1'
--- bin/duplicity.1	2016-03-04 20:01:06 +0000
+++ bin/duplicity.1	2016-03-05 11:19:19 +0000
@@ -383,8 +383,10 @@
 
 .TP
 .BR "--exclude-if-present " filename
-Exclude directories if filename is present. This option needs to
-come before any other include or exclude options.
+Exclude directories if filename is present. Allows the user to specify folders
+that they do not wish to backup by adding a specified file (e.g. ".nobackup")
+instead of maintaining a comprehensive exclude/include list. This option needs
+to come before any other include or exclude options.
 
 .TP
 .BR "--exclude-older-than " time