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Clarify exclude vs patterns setting in Exclude UI #2104

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@m3nu

Thank you for the flexible interface for "exclude"!

There is one point that is quite confusing in borg - and since Vorta is referring to the borg documentation, this applies to Vorta too.

In borg there are two distinct sets of options which can be used for excludes:
--exclude and --exclude-from
AND
--pattern or --patterns-from

Only the second set of options uses the term "pattern" in its name.
To cite the borg documentation:

A more general and easier to use way to define filename matching patterns exists with the --pattern and --patterns-from options. Using these, one may specify the backup roots, default pattern styles and patterns for inclusion and exclusion.

If I understand correctly, currently, Vorta only supports --exclude. This should be stressed in the user interface (which links to the borg documentation) to reduce the confusion.

Originally posted by @goebbe in #907 (comment)

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