Comment 7 for bug 1263337

Hello.

Here is an excerpt of the code, which shows, that the metadata should be always included during backup (no mater what choices you make for include and exclude):

    var settings = get_settings();
    var include_list = settings.get_file_list(INCLUDE_LIST_KEY); <- This comes from your settings
    var exclude_list = settings.get_file_list(EXCLUDE_LIST_KEY); <- This comes from your settings

    // Exclude directories no one wants to backup
    var always_excluded = get_always_excluded_dirs(); <- This are extra excludes
    foreach (string dir in always_excluded)
      job.excludes.prepend(File.new_for_path(dir));

    foreach (File s in exclude_list)
      job.excludes.prepend(s);
    foreach (File s in include_list)
      job.includes.prepend(s);

    // Insert deja-dup meta info directory <- Here comes the metadata
    string cachedir = Environment.get_user_cache_dir();
    try {
      metadir = File.new_for_path(Path.build_filename(cachedir, Config.PACKAGE, "metadata"));
      fill_metadir();
      job.includes.prepend(metadir);
    }
    catch (Error e) {
      warning("%s\n", e.message);
    }