add an excludes.txt

files/excludes.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/home/*/.gvfs
+/home/*/.cache
+/home/*/.thumbnails
+/home/*/.dropbox
+/home/*/.steam
+home/*/.local/share/Steam/
+/home/*/snap
+/proc
+/sys
+/dev
+/etc/mtab
+/var/cache
+lost+found
+/tmp
+/var/tmp
+__pycache__
+/home/*/.local/share/Trash
+/home/*/programmes/tor-browser_en-US

tasks/main.yml

@@ -12,3 +12,10 @@
     dest: "/usr/bin/restic"
     remote_src: yes
     mode: "751"
+
+- name: "Copy excludes file"
+  copy:
+    src: "excludes.txt"
+    dest: "/etc/restic/excludes.txt"
+    remote_src: yes
+    mode: "751"