skipping transitory folders for backup

system/backup

@@ -42,9 +42,46 @@ excludes=(
   "$HOME/.local/share/siblings"
   "$HOME/.local/share/coredesktop"
   "$HOME/.var/app/*/cache"
+  "$HOME/.nv"
+  # Package caches and tool installs
   "$HOME/.npm"
+  "$HOME/.bun/install/cache"
   "$HOME/.cargo/registry"
-  "$HOME/go/pkg/mod"
+  "$HOME/.cargo/git"
+  "$HOME/go/pkg"
+  "$HOME/.local/share/mise/installs"
+  "$HOME/.local/share/mise/downloads"
+  "$HOME/.local/share/uv"
+  "$HOME/.local/share/pipx"
+  "$HOME/.local/share/claude"
+  "$HOME/.local/share/nvim/lazy"
+  "$HOME/.local/share/nvim/mason"
+  # The agents' own installs and downloads; their settings, memories and
+  # sessions are kept
+  "$HOME/.hermes/hermes-agent"
+  "$HOME/.hermes/tools"
+  "$HOME/.hermes/installs"
+  "$HOME/.hermes/bin"
+  "$HOME/.hermes/cache"
+  "$HOME/.hermes/audio_cache"
+  "$HOME/.hermes/image_cache"
+  # LM Studio's models and engines can be downloaded again
+  "$HOME/.lmstudio/models"
+  "$HOME/.lmstudio/extensions"
+  "$HOME/.lmstudio/bin"
+  # Electron and Chromium apps (Element, browsers, editors) keep caches here
+  "$HOME/.config/*/Cache"
+  "$HOME/.config/**/Code Cache"
+  "$HOME/.config/**/GPUCache"
+  "$HOME/.config/**/GrShaderCache"
+  "$HOME/.config/**/GPUPersistentCache"
+  "$HOME/.config/**/DawnGraphiteCache"
+  "$HOME/.config/**/DawnWebGPUCache"
+  "$HOME/.config/**/Service Worker/CacheStorage"
+  # Element's search index for encrypted messages, which it rebuilds
+  "$HOME/.config/Element/EventStore"
+  # WinBoat's Windows VM: its disk is large, and changes whenever Windows runs
+  "$HOME/winboat"
 )
 exclude_args=(--exclude-caches)
 for path in "${excludes[@]}"; do