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Document the impact of the slashdot hack to pattern matching

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... or rather that the slashdot hack doesn't impact pattern matching at all. Add a note to `borg help patterns`.
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Daniel Rudolf 2026-05-15 14:47:44 +02:00
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@ -2445,6 +2445,10 @@ class Archiver:
- When you back up relative paths like ``../../src``, the archived paths
start with ``src``.
- When using the slashdot hack, patterns match against the unstripped path,
i.e., when you back up ``/this/gets/stripped/./this/gets/archived``,
patterns must match ``this/gets/stripped/this/gets/archived``.
A directory exclusion pattern can end either with or without a slash ('/').
If it ends with a slash, such as `some/path/`, the directory will be
included but not its content. If it does not end with a slash, such as