Using filters to include files

[anagle]

I had opened a bug track for this issue and was not able to reply before it
was closed.

I'm trying to sync a variety of files in different locations on my system
(commonly used files) to a second location. I'm not sure how to exclude a
bunch of folders while at the same time syncing the occasional file in the
same folders. The instructions state a file has to satisfy both the include
and exclude criteria. My files fit in the exclude criteria (based on the
folder) so they are not synced.

I would prefer not to create a very long list of path names and files to
exclude that do not include the files I want to sync.

[Zenju]

Tickets can be reopened, unless I explicitly mark them as "closed for comment
posting":
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Your requirement is then "exlude a number of directories, except for a few
stray subfiles".
This cannot be handled by a single filter (with it's definition of "matching"
:= included && !excluded). However you can use multiple folder pairs, namely
specify the same pair twice, but use different local filters.