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Add .dropboxignore directory to exclude folders without using selective sync
Please please please can you add a feature that allows folders to be excluded from the Dropbox account (on windows and mac). For sure I'm not the first person to request this, but I'm yet to find a good explanation of why it's not there. A quick google search reveals loads of people also looking for the same feature. I really like the workflow I have with dropbox, but it's getting to the point where I might switch providers in order to allow better selective sync.
I've seen hackish solutions using selective sync, but it would be great if this could be done in one of the following ways:
- global pattern matching eg "node_modules"
- a marker file in the directory like .dropboxignore
- a simple right click context menu "Ignore this folder"
Other than that, keep up the good work. Cheers.
Tom
+1!
Ich habe hier gerade extrem langsames Internet und es wäre super, wenn ich einfach einen Teil der Sachen aus dem sync nehmen könnte!
+1
Come on guys. This is really needed!There are so many use cases for this...
- you could create 'temp' folders wherever you want (so no need to have all your temp files outside the main directory structure which is on dropbox).
- any developer would gladly put on the ignore list all the temporary objects and binaries that are constantly generated during development ('node_modules' included)
- any video / media creator would not want to save her intermediates (which are usually very heavy in size). Think of preview files when working with After Effects/Premiere/3ds Max etc.
- in a shared folder, sometimes each contributor to the folder wants to have her own version of the files without constantly overwriting the 'master' copy (much like source control).
If I hear Dropbox support suggest "selective sync" one more time I'm gonna lose it (and lose all hope).
It makes it just so painfully obvious how little they care. I mean st least read the damn thread title! It seems there is just no chance for us to get past the barrier of "customer support" and their template answers.In a last attempt to make things clear:
What selective sync is: Files on Dropbox cloud you don't want to sync to local.
What WE want: Local files that should not be synced to Dropbox cloud.Dear Dropbox support and Dropbox support bots. Do not just "pass it on to the development team". Call your boss and have them call their boss and make him get someone from development to read this and reply. We want to know if this is ever going to be done and if yes when and if no we know it's time to start using alternatives. So everybody here can get back to working instead of worrying about their workflows.
I like the 3 different approaches, but if you have to force rank solutions .dropboxignore would be at the top.
+1
+1
Many thanks to all who have added their +1s so far. Dropbox support have now started to take notice, and are apparently now estimating the demand for this. So please keep the votes coming, and it would be good if people add their own reasons on why this feature would be helpful.
