You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
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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...
sebastian_ the fundamental problem here is that using xattr is a hacky solution that probably won't work in the long run, as the attributes are tied to a specific file or folder. Many developers have ephemeral node_modules or build folders that create new files/folders without extended attributes.
Dropbox changed their selective sync process which is a major step backwards. My laptop is running hot most of the time now with constant useless dropbox syncs. Previously all I had to do was uncheck folders like build, node_modules, temp, logs and others to ignore them. Now all that does is create selective sync conflicts. Grrrr!! :tired_face:
