How to use rsync to backup a directory without git subdirectory

I want to copy my c directory with all subdirectories excluding ./git subdirectory. I do it using rsync : echo "copy c and sh files " rsync -a --include='*.c' --include='*.sh' --include='*/' --exclude='*' ~/c/ ~/Dropbox/Public/c # remove .git directory = do not send it to dropbox. Thx to Tomasz Sowa rm -rf ~/Dropbox/Public/c/.git Can I do it better?