Re:Dropbox Hasn't Learned Their Lesson
by radarsat1 on Saturday October 01, 2016 @11:16PM
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Are building software in your dropbox folder? I mean, it should work, I guess.. but why on earth..
It isn't optimal, but it used to work. I kept C++ projects on Dropbox in addition to Git because I work on multiple computers and want to be able to continue where I left off if I get interrupted. I don't like the idea of having to commit and push to git for all work in progress, even if it is on a separate branch.
The default setup in Qt Creator is to have a build folder next to the sources, but after the first big sync failure I configured Qt Creator to always build outside of Dropbox. But I experienced failed syncs after that, even with only C++ sources inside Dropbox and when building Doconce+LaTeX projects.
Re:Dropbox Hasn't Learned Their Lesson
by wernercd on Saturday October 01, 2016 @11:36PM
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Yeah... is there a "gitignore" option for dropbox or alternatives (like Syncthing)?
I mean... there's a certain point where you are now syncronizing "crap" that shouldn't be needed (bin/obj/etc)...
Syncthing has the .stignore file: https://docs.syncthing.net/users/ignoring.html
I started using Syncthing for some of my projects after Dropbox stopped syncing files without notice for the third time. The failed Dropbox syncs were related to either C++ or Doconce+LaTeX projects where many temporary build files were being modified often. Syncthing doesn't seem to have a problem with these files, and it is even possible to configure Syncthing to ignore specific file patterns if you just don't want it to sync such files at all.