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anjanesh's avatar
anjanesh
Helpful | Level 6
6 years ago
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.dropbox-ignore to prevent folders being uploaded to DropBox like git's .gitignore

Just like we have .gitignore for preventing files / folders to be uploaded to github, it would be nice to have the same for DropBox. I have a workspace folder with tons of node_modules folders. I...
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denysp's avatar
denysp
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

Try this one:
`xattr -w com.dropbox.ignored 1 /Users/yourname/Dropbox/**/node_modules`
It should mark recursively all node module folders in your Dropbox.

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Darcey
Helpful | Level 5
5 years ago

Too little too late...

DropBox also changed folder mappings after installing their desktop PC software, which took hours to fix manually.

For everyone if you want .ignore capabilities in a cloud storage solution check out pCloud, there are also software tools out there which can handle the .ignore functionality with GDrive etc. SyncBackFree or SyncBackPro will help you there. 

Don't use drop box software it will mess your windows installation up. It messes with the windows registry too much and then doesn't repair/restore it after removal.


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