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3,130 PointsThe reason for the exclude boolean parameter
According to the documentation: "The exclude parameter specifies whether the children of the target should be added to or removed from the excluded list. Excluding children in this way provides a simple mechanism for excluding all children of specific targets, rather than individually excluding each child individually."