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jvasileff
5 years agoHelpful | Level 6
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...
waynelambert
5 years agoNew member | Level 2
Yes, this simply needs to be a file which can be dropped into the root folder of your project called `.dbignore` which behaves in the same way as a `.gitignore` or a '.dockerignore' file in that the files are ignored for sync.
This would be so helpful when developing a project and not wanting package files or virtual environment files to be synced.
I can't tell you the number of times that I have had to log in to dropbox.com to delete all of the instances of `_______(Selective Sync Conflict)` folders from my project.
It also means that so many more files than is necessary is synced which takes uncessary syncing time.
This surely cannot be that hard to implement.
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