In Nextcloud recipe the storage_backup now excludes the documents if the storage_gitbackup is active.

.recipes/nextcloud_mariadb/tools/backup.d/storage_backup.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #
-# A service script to backup the relevant user's storage (data folder)
+# A service script to backup the relevant user's storage (apps, data, themes)
 # of a docker-composed Nextcloud instance. Creates a tarball in
 # $BASE_DIR/storage/backups/tarballs folder (by default). An optional
 # parameter may change the target folder.
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 #
 # Author: Kovács Zoltán <kovacsz@marcusconsulting.hu>
 # License: GNU/GPL 3+ https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
+# 2026-02-07 v0.2
+# new: Excludes the documents if the storage_gitbackup is active.
+# mod: custom_apps and themes folders have been added.
 # 2025-11-24 v0.1 Initial version.
 
 # Accepted environment variables and their defaults.
@@ -28,6 +31,7 @@ MSG_NOLOCATE="Cannot locate the Nextcloud container."
 # Other initialisations.
 #
 BACKUPDIR="storage/backups/tarballs"		# Folder to dump within
+GITBACKUP="storage_gitbackup.sh"                # Git backup utility
 SERVICENAME="nextcloud"				# The composed Nextcloud service
 USER=${USER:-LOGNAME}                           # Fix for cron enviroment only
 YMLFILE="docker-compose.yml"
@@ -112,11 +116,16 @@ NCCONTAINER="$("$DOCKER" inspect -f '{{.Name}}' $(cd "$BASE_DIR"; "$DOCKER_COMPO
 # Gives up here if failed.
 if [ -z "$NCCONTAINER" ]; then echo "$MSG_NOLOCATE" >&2; exit 1; fi
 
+# Excludes the documents if the GITBACKUP is active.
+DOCUMENTS="data"
+[[ -n $(which "$GITBACKUP") ]] && DOCUMENTS=""  # it is an executable somewhere in the path
+[[ -x "$SCRPATH/$GITBACKUP" ]] && DOCUMENTS=""  # it is an executable in the current directory
+
 # Tries the FS backup.
 if [ -w "$BACKUPDIR" ]; then
     BACKUP_NAME=$NCCONTAINER.$("$DATE" '+%Y%m%d_%H%M%S').$("$HOSTNAME")
     "$DOCKER" exec $NCCONTAINER sh \
-    -c "cd /var/www/html; tar cz data" \
+    -c "cd /var/www/html; tar cz custom_apps $DOCUMENTS themes" \
     >  "$BACKUPDIR/$BACKUP_NAME.tgz" 2>>"$BACKUPDIR/$BACKUP_NAME.log"
 fi