Q:

Is there a way to have Backblaze exclude .svn folders?

As a developer, I have almost all of my project in Subversion and check them out using TortoiseSVN/Subversion which create a folder named .svn inside every checked out folder.
I'm wondering if there is a way to tell Backblaze to skip backing up all .svn folders?

A:

The current GUI only allows the exclusion of individual folders, not all folders called e.g. .svn
But there is an advanced way of adding exclusions - see
https://help.backblaze.com/hc/en-us/articles/220973007-Advanced-Topic-Setting-Custom-Exclusions-via-XML
As an example, I added the following rule to exclude .git hidden folders, only if they were in my ~/Sites folder (another similar could apply to .svn, node_modules etc.):
<excludefname_rule plat="mac" osVers="*"  ruleIsOptional="t" skipFirstCharThenStartsWith="users/" contains_1="/sites/" contains_2="/.git/" doesNotContain="*" endsWith="*" hasFileExtension="*" />

A:

You can change which folders and files are excluded from the backup, by clicking on the Settings… button on the Backblaze Control Panel and selecting the Exclusions tab.

