Ignore files using .protonignore (in the same way .gitignore file works)
I've seen a few people talk about ways to ignore folders when using Proton Drive sync. I think it would be a very helpful idea.
However, I think that if we have a feature to ignore things, might as well have some flexibility to it. The inspiration would be the .gitignore system. It works well and has been proved and adopted by other systems (Docker for instance).
My idea for this would be to have it in two ways:
Firstly, a global ignore field that lies in the application settings. There I can specify folders and/or paths I want to ignore (e.g. 'temp/' or '**.log').
Secondly, you can add a .protonignore file at any place in the synced folders where those rules applies.
For me, I use latex and I would like for autogenerated files to not sync on my drive.
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Marcus Gustafsson
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This would be very useful for me as a developer, like ignoring node_modules and .git folders.