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Merge pull request #4882 from miguno/master

Document how to test exclusion patterns without performing an actual backup
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@@ -2126,6 +2126,9 @@ class Archiver:
         whitespace removal paths with whitespace at the beginning or end can only be
         whitespace removal paths with whitespace at the beginning or end can only be
         excluded using regular expressions.
         excluded using regular expressions.
 
 
+        To test your exclusion patterns without performing an actual backup you can
+        run ``borg create --list --dry-run ...``.
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         Examples::
         Examples::
 
 
             # Exclude '/home/user/file.o' but not '/home/user/file.odt':
             # Exclude '/home/user/file.o' but not '/home/user/file.odt':