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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

JimRobinson cabreu I've reposted the ignore node_modules solution as the first version is stuck with technical support working on a fix. Hopefully this new re-post is accessible. (It currently comes up for me in incognito mode, so it should work.)

How to make Dropbox ignore node_modules folder with symbolic links (aliases) 

The post is specifically written for use for Javascript / TypeScript Node development as the node_modules folder is massive and shouldn't be sync'd with the cloud storage. Each machine will have its own "non-sync'd" instance via symlink in the ~/Downloads folder.

NOTE: This same technique can be used to ignore other folder types with drag-n-drop aliases.

 

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