From 2c9f03ee52334c83eca7737c6275437f6c933f9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anpleenko Alexander <avanpleenko@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 08:11:42 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] change README.md

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 README.md | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ba8ab2f..2f027c3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,30 +3,32 @@ This project maintains a list of directories and files you probably do not need
 
 ## Usage:
 
-    # download to `.rsync-ignore`
-    wget https://gitaly.ru/anpleenko/rsync/raw/branch/main/.rsync-ignore -O .rsync-ignore
-    # or clone and copy to `.rsync-ignore`
-    git clone https://gitaly.ru/anpleenko/rsync
-    cd rsync-homedir-excludes
-    cp rsync-homedir-excludes.txt .rsync-ignore
+```
+# download to `.rsync-ignore`
+wget https://gitaly.ru/anpleenko/rsync/raw/branch/main/.rsync-ignore -O .rsync-ignore
+# or clone and copy to `.rsync-ignore`
+git clone https://gitaly.ru/anpleenko/rsync
+cd rsync-homedir-excludes
+cp rsync-homedir-excludes.txt .rsync-ignore
 
-    # edit the file .rsync-ignore to your needs
-    nano .rsync-ignore
+# edit the file .rsync-ignore to your needs
+nano .rsync-ignore
 
-    # define a Backup directory (with trailing slash!)
-    # some examples:
-    BACKUPDIR=/media/workspace/home/$USER
-    BACKUPDIR=/media/$USER/linuxbackup/home/$USER
-    BACKUPDIR=/media/$USER/USBSTICK/backup/home/$USER
+# define a Backup directory (with trailing slash!)
+# some examples:
+BACKUPDIR=/media/workspace/home/$USER
+BACKUPDIR=/media/$USER/linuxbackup/home/$USER
+BACKUPDIR=/media/$USER/USBSTICK/backup/home/$USER
 
-    # first specify the "-n" parameter so rsync will simulate its operation. You should use this before you start:
-    rsync -naP --exclude-from=.rsync-ignore /home/$USER/ $BACKUPDIR/
+# first specify the "-n" parameter so rsync will simulate its operation. You should use this before you start:
+rsync -naP --exclude-from=.rsync-ignore /home/$USER/ $BACKUPDIR/
 
-    # check for permission denied errors in your homedir:
-    rsync -naP --exclude-from=.rsync-ignore /home/$USER/ $BACKUPDIR/ | grep denied
+# check for permission denied errors in your homedir:
+rsync -naP --exclude-from=.rsync-ignore /home/$USER/ $BACKUPDIR/ | grep denied
 
-    # if it is all fine, actually perform your backup:
-    rsync -aP --exclude-from=.rsync-ignore /home/$USER/ $BACKUPDIR/
+# if it is all fine, actually perform your backup:
+rsync -aP --exclude-from=.rsync-ignore /home/$USER/ $BACKUPDIR/
+```
 
 You can edit the exclude file before execution:
 - All lines starting with a `#` are ignored by rsync, i.e. those directories will be backed up.
@@ -37,8 +39,10 @@ You can edit the exclude file before execution:
 When running locally or with the `--whole-file` option (for backups over SSH), rsync doesn't modify files but replaces them entirely. This allows us to create a snapshot directory (with hardlinks) with the state of the backup directory at a certain point in time.  
 Run this after finishing the `rsync` backup and it'll create a new snapshot:
 
-    BACKUPDIR=/media/workspace/home/$USER
-    SNAPSHOT_DIR="$BACKUPDIR.snapshot_$(date +'%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S' -u)"
-    cp -al $BACKUPDIR $SNAPSHOT_DIR
+```
+BACKUPDIR=/media/workspace/home/$USER
+SNAPSHOT_DIR="$BACKUPDIR.snapshot_$(date +'%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S' -u)"
+cp -al $BACKUPDIR $SNAPSHOT_DIR
+```
 
 Next time you run your backup, the snapshot directory will be intact despite the changes rsync made to the files in the backup directory.