Broken --exclude-pattern in 1.41.8 release

[akornatskyy]

In 1.41.8 mint build when --exclude-pattern is specified (e.g. --exclude-pattern=/var/lib/postgresql/data/**) leaves empty dirs.

With 1.41.7 no empty dirs preserved.

[kcq]

Nice catch @akornatskyy ! Thank you for sharing it!

[google-labs-jules]

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[google-labs-jules]

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