From ae46dd8a2be8769832bf481e2bf4942de1fce61d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrus Suvalau <andrus.suvalau@n-able.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:59:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat(cove): add COVE_EXCLUDE_NODES_FROM_RESTORE

Jira-Ref: BCF-6482: Allow to exclude nodes for FF restore during BMR
---
 usr/share/rear/conf/default.conf                         | 3 +++
 .../rear/restore/COVE/default/400_restore_with_cove.sh   | 9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/usr/share/rear/conf/default.conf b/usr/share/rear/conf/default.conf
index 4a38674156..a6a54ea4ba 100644
--- a/usr/share/rear/conf/default.conf
+++ b/usr/share/rear/conf/default.conf
@@ -3373,6 +3373,9 @@ COVE_VERIFY_PATHS=(/boot/efi /usr/bin /usr/sbin /usr/lib)
 # configs - check the hash sum of configuration files specified in CHECK_CONFIG_FILES
 COVE_CHECK_INTEGRITY="${COVE_CHECK_INTEGRITY:-binaries}"
 
+# Node paths that will be excluded from FileSystem restore session
+COVE_EXCLUDE_NODES_FROM_RESTORE=()
+
 ##
 # End of BACKUP=COVE default settings.
 ####
diff --git a/usr/share/rear/restore/COVE/default/400_restore_with_cove.sh b/usr/share/rear/restore/COVE/default/400_restore_with_cove.sh
index 44e5968048..186266f0e0 100644
--- a/usr/share/rear/restore/COVE/default/400_restore_with_cove.sh
+++ b/usr/share/rear/restore/COVE/default/400_restore_with_cove.sh
@@ -168,11 +168,16 @@ restore_args=(
     control.restore.start
     -datasource FileSystem
     -restore-to "${TARGET_FS_ROOT}"
-    -exclude "${COVE_REAL_INSTALL_DIR}"
     -session-search-policy OldestIfRequestedNotFound
 )
 
-[ -e "${COVE_AUTH_TOOL_DIR}" ] && restore_args+=( -exclude "${COVE_AUTH_TOOL_DIR}" )
+COVE_EXCLUDE_NODES_FROM_RESTORE+=( "${COVE_REAL_INSTALL_DIR}" )
+
+[ -e "${COVE_AUTH_TOOL_DIR}" ] && COVE_EXCLUDE_NODES_FROM_RESTORE+=( "${COVE_AUTH_TOOL_DIR}" )
+
+for exclusion in "${COVE_EXCLUDE_NODES_FROM_RESTORE[@]}"; do
+    restore_args+=( -exclude "$exclusion" )
+done
 
 [ -z "${COVE_TIMESTAMP}" ] || restore_args+=( -time "${COVE_TIMESTAMP}" )