Has this made it into the code yet ?
I'm having the same problem, i.e. I have a relative url 
that is excluded, but it gets converted to absolute, which 
breaks the site copy.

Currently running 3.20

> > are there any plans for an extra option Relative 
> > URI/Original URL ? Or could my problem be solved 
another 
> > way?> 
> Yes, this is on the TODO list :)
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