Add global gitignore to exclude files

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lua/rclone.lua b/lua/rclone.lua
index fe0b85a..ae37188 100644
--- a/lua/rclone.lua
+++ b/lua/rclone.lua
@@ -181,6 +181,13 @@ local function build_cmd_exclude(local_path)
         cmd = cmd .. ' --exclude-from=' .. gitignore.filename
     end
 
+    local handle = io.popen('git config --get core.excludesfile', 'r')
+    local gitignore_global = Path:new((Path:new(handle:read())):expand())
+    handle:close()
+    if gitignore_global:exists() then
+      cmd = cmd .. ' --exclude-from=' .. gitignore_global.filename
+    end
+
     -- add .rcloneignore patterns
     local rcloneignore = Path:new(local_path .. '/.rcloneignore')
     if rcloneignore:exists() then