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Feedback on the new desktop app "ignore files" feature.
@Daphne that's great news! I look forward to trying it out.
But it would also be nice to have a configuration file, like ".dropboxignore", to list paths or patterns to exclude. The reason is that e...
The provided solution with com.dropbox.ignored flags are not without issues.
1. On computer A, I build an app and it creates node_modules. That folder gets synced to my other computers.
2. I ignore the folder on computer A, and the folder gets deleted from the other computers.
3. Now I do a build on computer B. That creates node_modules on computer B, and now that folder now gets synchronized to my other computers. But that results in the existing folder on computer A is being renamed "node_modules (Ignored in conflict)".
4. I can now ignore node_modules on computer B and the folder disappears on my other computers.
5. I now have to rename the folder on computer A back to node_modules.
If Dropbox had listened to its customers and just created a git style .ignorefolders kind of file, everything would have been much easier. And lets face it. This is mostly an option for computer professionals anyway.
We really need some way to ignore folders/files based on path that is stored in place like dbignore file or something similar.
It's needed because there are many cases when user or some app need delete and/or recreate these folders/files.
At this moment 'ignore' function works only until the folder is deleted and created again.
I'm not here to say anything new, just to turn up the volume a little on previous comments:
I would also like the ability to ignore all current and future node_modules folders by pattern in a .dropboxignore file à la .gitignore. Just adding the com.dropbox.ignored attribute to node_modules folders in a dozen projects cut my file count by about 100,000. Also, folders like node_modules and build folders tend to be created and deleted often, so we're wasting a lot of system resources to sync something we don't even want synced.Here is how MEGAsync handles this, which is literally perfect.
Maybe those that use pCloud and other services can share those screenshots to help Dropbox figure how to implement this feature that other services have supported for quite awhile.
We just want the proposed solution for the .dropboxignore file.
It does not have to be fancy, but since .gitignore is a standard for repositories, for sync it would breathe life into a problem that definitely needs as solution, and has needed one for many years. Just ignore any path specified in the file, relative to the file. Don't tough it, don't even index it, it is going to change so allow me to tell you to ignore it.
I had to sit through a sync of 5000+ files last night because the command line "solution" did not work, and I ended up with a conflicted "node_modules" folder. Great way to waste everyone's time.References to simlilar requests/comments to show we are not exaggerating:
- https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-ideas/Ignore-folder-without-selective-sync/idi-p/5926/
- https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-ideas/Reconsidering-quot-Ignored-quot-feature/idi-p/453560
- https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-files-folders/How-to-manually-stop-sync-of-a-folder-but-stil...
- https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-installs-integrations/Feedback-on-the-new-desktop-app-quot-i...
- https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-files-folders/I-don-t-see-the-option-to-ignore-a-folder-with...
- https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-Business-ideas/Exclude-temp-files-from-sync-by-pattern-exten...
