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doc: restore: explain how --delete and --exclude work together

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Kjetil Torgrim Homme
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@@ -136,6 +136,14 @@ files that do not exist in the snapshot. For this, pass the ``--delete`` option
command. The command will then **delete all files** from the target directory that do not
exist in the snapshot.
With ``--delete``, ``--exclude`` has a dual purpose:
* It will exclude files from being restored. The exclude argument is taken
relative to the subfolder given with the snapshot (if any; otherwise ``/`` of
the snapshot.)
* It will exclude files in the target directory from being deleted. The exclude
argument is here relative to the target directory.
The ``--delete`` option also allows overwriting a non-empty directory if the snapshot contains a
file with the same name.