Should untracked files be ignored in a share?

[blinry]

Intuitively, this seems nice – people probably don't want to share untracked files with others.

On the other hand, it's not clear how file creation in a pair programming scenario should work then.

[peacememories]

Just as a side note (while I try to formulate my 2 cents on this) about how VSCode handles this:

• VSCode live share does not show gitignored files to the clients
• The shared shell however, being a shell on the host machine, shows the files
• If the host starts editing one of the files, the clients can follow them there and edit as well

Of course, VSCode live share works fundamentally differently from ethersync, but I think it's an interesting reference point as one of the more popular collaborative editing platforms currently in use.

Your project seems super interesting to me as a regular pair/mob programmer in a remote environment, and I think we have some fairly weird/unique requirements with our codebase, so I might chime in from time to time. Please tell me if I become disruptive :sweat_smile:

[blinry]

Thanks for your input! Learning from how other systems handle this is indeed really helpful.

And sure, feel welcome to chime in!