Bash script for excluding development files from Time Machine backups

timeMachine.sh

#!/bin/bash

# place this into your development directory (usually ~/Sites)

dir=$(cd `dirname $0` && pwd)

directories=(vendor node_modules temp log)

for dirname in "${directories[@]}"
do
	# -maxdepth 2 can be changed to other depth or removed completely
	for d in `find $dir -maxdepth 2 -type d -name $dirname`
	do
		`tmutil isexcluded $d | grep -q "Included"`
		if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
			# -p can be removed so that given directory is not fixed, but rather mark directory itself as excluded no matter where you move it
			tmutil addexclusion -p $d
			echo "Dir $d is excluded now"
		fi;
	done
done