Timeshift-Taking the first snapshot

I shall be using Linux Mint 20 MATE on a brand new SSD shortly with all my programs, Thunderbird email plus documents, pictures etc installed.

My home folder will be backed up to another drive using Grsync.

With regard to Timeshift on its very first snapshot, does it automatically include orexclude the hidden items in the local user folder?

Alternatively, do I need to manually temporarily select, Include hidden items" for the local user in this first run and then revert to the default settings on subsequent snapshots?

I am aware that, by default, local user folders are not part of the regular snapshots. That is why I use Grsync to backup my home folder.

I also understand the difference between a snapshot and a backup.

I have been following LQ member Kiezel's blog (Easy Linux Tips Project).
Scroll down to 3.9 here:
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspo...mint-mate.html

Quote:

Extract: Create a manual snapshot with Timeshift to backup your modifications and tweaks 3.9. You've modified and tweaked your system quite a lot, by applying this list. That has cost you a lot of time, so it's useful to create a manual snapshot of your neatly tuned system. Including all of the settings changes which reside in your personal folder only (more about that later). You can do that as follows: a. Launch Timeshift: Menu button - Administration - Timeshift b. Click the button Settings - Users By default all user folders, including the hidden settings files they contain, aren't part of the snapshot. For a good reason, because you don't want that recently modified important document of yours, to be reverted to its version of three weeks ago.... Or that your Thunderbird email boxes suddenly are being reverted to their past content. But you're still at the beginning now, and there are no documents or emails in your personal folder yet????? So temporarily include the hidden items (settings files) of each user account (with the exception of the root user account), for this snapshot only. c. Create the one-time snapshot. d. Click the button Settings - Users again, and fully exclude all user accounts again for future snapshots. This is very important!

I don't understand the bit about "there are no documents or emails in your personal folder yet".

In my case there certainly will be.