feat: exclude regenerable cache directories from hosting backups

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Summary

• Add a backup:exclude_cache task that tags release-local, fully regenerable directories with CACHEDIR.TAG before every deploy
• Following the Cache Directory Tagging Specification, this is honored by Mittwald's automatic hosting backups (and by tools like rsync/borg/restic with --exclude-caches)
• Particularly relevant for feature-branch stage systems, where many parallel releases otherwise bloat backups with vendor/ and framework caches that are rebuilt on every deploy anyway

Changes

• deployer/backup/config/set.php - new backup_exclude_dirs setting (default: vendor, var/cache)
• deployer/backup/task/backup_exclude_cache.php - new task, hooked in via before('deploy:symlink', ...) so it runs automatically for TYPO3, Symfony and feature-branch deploys
• autoload.php - wire the new recipe into the root entrypoint
• docs/BACKUP.md, README.md - documentation

Closes #39

Test Plan

• Run a deploy against a Mittwald stage/feature-branch host and confirm CACHEDIR.TAG appears in vendor/ and var/cache of the release
• Confirm the tagged directories no longer show up in the next Mittwald backup

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Hosting backups now automatically exclude the vendor and var/cache directories from deployments.
  • Backup exclusion can be configured for additional directories or disabled when needed.
  • Excluded directories are marked using the standard CACHEDIR.TAG format.

• Documentation

  • Added backup exclusion guidance, configuration details, and warnings that excluded data cannot be restored from backups.
  • Added a link to the backup exclusion documentation in the standalone tasks list.

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Adds configurable backup exclusion for regenerable release directories. The deployment task writes CACHEDIR.TAG files before release symlinking, and documentation describes defaults, customization, disabling, and excluded-data warnings.

Changes

Backup exclusion

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Backup configuration and autoloading deployer/backup/config/set.php, autoload.php	Registers vendor and var/cache as default excluded directories and loads the backup configuration and task files.
Cache tagging task and documentation deployer/backup/task/backup_exclude_cache.php, docs/BACKUP.md, README.md	Adds backup:exclude_cache, which writes CACHEDIR.TAG in existing configured release directories before deploy:symlink. Documents configuration and links to the backup exclusion guide.

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This adds backup-exclusion tags to regenerable release directories, but invalid custom paths can exclude an entire release or unintended directories from backups. Validate configured paths before merging.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Autoload
  participant DeployerTask
  participant ReleasePath
  participant BackupTool
  Autoload->>DeployerTask: Load backup:exclude_cache
  DeployerTask->>ReleasePath: Check configured directories
  ReleasePath-->>DeployerTask: Return existing directories
  DeployerTask->>ReleasePath: Write CACHEDIR.TAG
  BackupTool->>ReleasePath: Read cache-directory tag

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: excluding regenerable cache directories from hosting backups.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes satisfy issue #39 by adding the CACHEDIR.TAG signature to the configured regenerable directories vendor and var/cache, wiring the task into deployment, including it through autoload.php, a…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	All changes support issue #39 and the stated objective. The README update, autoload registration, deployment configuration, task implementation, and backup documentation are in scope.
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In `@deployer/backup/task/backup_exclude_cache.php`:
- Line 11: Update the path handling around $dir so configured values that become
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