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jvasileff
Helpful | Level 6
5 years ago

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...
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sebastian_
Collaborator | Level 8
5 years ago

dkobia, I agree xattr is not ideal for node_modules as it's currently implemented. It made my processor run hot all the time due to reindexing with every change. I am using symlinks (aliases) at this time and it works perfectly across systems with no processor load impact. I would truly appreciate a .dropboxignore file that ignores targets, just like .gitignore (a hard-ignore, no reindexing whatsoever).

I posted this above, but will link it again as the symlink ignore method works like a charm for node_modules: SymLink Ignore Method

Dropbox team -- Pelase add a real .dropboxignore w/o reindexing.

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