Add ability to include or exclude paths

[yoiang]

If include is used then only collections and documents that match include and do not match exclude are backed up

[lewchuk]

I'm thinking that supporting an excludePattern parameter might be a good way to solve this problem. The would let you be pretty exact in the exclusion. Given a setup like:

/organizations - collection
  /org-1 - document
    /messages - sub collection
    /backup
  /org-2
    /messages
    /backup
/other

• Exclude top level collection: ^/other
• Exclude sub collections of all documents: ^/organizations/[^/]*/backup
• Exclude a particular document: ^/organizations/org-2

Thoughts?

[yoiang]

excludePattern is part of what I was imagining! Supporting exclude and include patterns gives people a more concise way to achieve certain subsets. It also speaks to a wider range of ways to visualize one's backup for people who think easier one way vs another.

[yoiang]

Closing thanks to @lewchuk 's contribution in #31 and in favor of the more concise issue #37

[lewchuk]

@yoiang What is the schedule for getting a new npm package version published? Is there anything I can do to help that process?

[yoiang]

I was hoping to release when some dependency issues were resolved (#34), but it isn't clear when that is getting resolved.

Let me push up a new release!

[yoiang]

Done!
https://www.npmjs.com/package/firestore-backup/v/2.3.0
https://github.com/steadyequipment/node-firestore-backup/releases/tag/2.3.0

[lewchuk]

Thanks @yoiang!