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kwar13
New member | Level 1
2 years ago

Add ".dropboxignore" to automatically ignore files/folders when syncing.

Currently the only way to exclude from dropbox sync is via the GUI as far as I understand. This is extremely cumbersome, because if you are writing code in a directory there are many reasons to want ...
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kwar13's avatar
kwar13
New member | Level 1
2 years ago

It does address the issue. However the issue is "10 years old"! Clearly not a priority for dropbox...

I mean git has had this feature for years. Dropbox also struggles when the number of files to sync blows up to many thousand small fields which routinely happens in coding and package management. So it is more of a necessary feature, not just a convenience.

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Nancy
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2 years ago

I understand what you mean. I’ve passed all of your comments to our team as feedback in the meantime, so that they can take this into account.

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