Added the possibility defining (by the user) Excludes for the

rsync.

Mage/Task/Add.php

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class Mage_Task_Add
                         . 'user: dummy' . PHP_EOL
                         . 'deploy-from: ./' . PHP_EOL
                         . 'deploy-to: /var/www/vhosts/example.com/www' . PHP_EOL
+                        . 'rsync-excludes:' . PHP_EOL
                         . 'hosts:' . PHP_EOL
                         . 'pre-tasks:' . PHP_EOL
                         . 'tasks:' . PHP_EOL

Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Rsync.php

@@ -9,15 +9,22 @@ class Mage_Task_BuiltIn_Deployment_Rsync
 
     public function run()
     {
-        $ignores = array(
-            '--exclude .git',
-            '--exclude .svn',
-            '--exclude .mage',
-            '--exclude .gitignore'
+        $excludes = array(
+            '.git',
+            '.svn',
+            '.mage',
+            '.gitignore'
         );
         
+        // Look for User Excludes
+        if (isset($this->_config['deploy']['rsync-excludes'])) {
+            $userExcludes = (array) $this->_config['deploy']['rsync-excludes'];
+        } else {
+            $userExcludes = array();
+        }
+
         $command = 'rsync -avz '
-                 . implode(' ', $ignores) .' '
+                 . $this->_excludes($excludes + $userExcludes) . ' '
                  . $this->_config['deploy']['deploy-from'] . ' '
                  . $this->_config['deploy']['user'] . '@' . $this->_config['deploy']['host'] . ':' . $this->_config['deploy']['deploy-to'];
 
@@ -25,4 +32,15 @@ class Mage_Task_BuiltIn_Deployment_Rsync
         
         return $result;
     }
+    
+    private function _excludes(Array $excludes)
+    {
+        $excludesRsync = '';
+        foreach ($excludes as $exclude) {
+            $excludesRsync .= ' --exclude ' . $exclude . ' ';
+        }
+        
+        $excludesRsync = trim($excludesRsync);
+        return $excludesRsync;
+    }
 }