I’m running arch linux and having issues with hidden files syncing through a symlink. I want to sync the contents of my home folder, but I don’t want the hidden files to sync.
I did try unchecking them after syncing the entire folder, but it said it would remove them locally and leave them on drive, which is the complete opposite of what I actually want to do. Anyone have any ideas?
Sorry for the long delay in response but I had an issue where nothing would sync at all, but now it’s working again. Is your suggestion that I add an exception for every dotfile I have in my home folder, because I have around 80 or so hidden files in my home folder. I was reading a post from a couple of years ago, where you needed to start insync with the --include-dot-files option to get it to sync those. Is there an --exclude-dot-files option or something similar now?
FWIW, Unix has no such thing as hidden files (despite common misconception). The convention of dot-files being hidden from view is app-specific. There is nothing in Unix filesystems (or file/filesystem APIs) which treats/marks them as “hidden.”
A vast majority of these files and folders are dot files, and none of them are truly extensions. If I were to use the exclude ability to get rid of those, I would have to do one for each file, and have to make sure to update it regularly if a program on any of my computers decides to make another one of these files or folders.