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Maybe one of the most wanted feature in Dropbox (at least among developers) is a .dropboxignore file[0]. When Dropbox stops syncing symlinks to outside files a
by sebst 7y ago
Maybe one of the most wanted feature in Dropbox (at least among developers) is a .dropboxignore file[0].
When Dropbox stops syncing symlinks to outside files and directories, the situations becomes a lot better. Placing node_modules/ or venv/ directories outside the the dropbox and just placing a symlink here, makes Dropbox a good option for code backups, again.
[0]: https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox/Ignore-folder-without-selective-sync/idi-p/5926 https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox/Ignore-folder-withou...
- GordonS 7y agoThis is also one of the top voted feature requests on the UserVoice site for OneDrive - it's sat there for years with no action. I don't get why they wouldn't want to have this, given it would reduce the amount of data they have to store.
- ledauphin 7y agoprobably because they ultimately make their money off people who go over the free storage limit. storage hardware is incredibly cheap, relatively speaking, so for Dropbox the main thing is not reducing costs, it's convincing people to pay in the first place.