TAR handbook

tar zcf foo.tgz foo/ --exclude .git

tar: ais9628_20180412_tmp-glibc/work/mdm9607-oe-linux-gnueabi/tftp-server/git-r1/pseudo/pseudo.socket: socket ignored   

% mkdir /work/bkup/jane
% cd /home/jane
% tar cf - . | (cd /work/bkup/jane && tar xBf -)