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Easy automated syncing between your computers and your MEGA Cloud Drive
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Global `.megaignore.default` filters not working #1009

Open redactedscribe opened 3 weeks ago

redactedscribe commented 3 weeks ago

In %LOCALAPPDATA%\Mega Limited\MEGAsync\.megaignore.default, if you have for example:

-f:hello123.txt

Adding a hello123.txt file to a MEGA synchronised folder will wrongly cause it to be sent to the cloud. It looks like both the glob and regexp strategies are ignored, in other words, no filters work.

I was assuming this file would be taken into account across all full / selective syncs, and a folder's own .megaignore to add filters on top of it, but it appears .megaignore.default is having no effect at all.

Adding -f:hello123.txt to a folder's own .megaignore file will however prevent it from being uploaded. Only the global .megaignore.default appears broken.

Any idea? Thanks.

v5.5.0, Windows

mattw-mattw commented 3 weeks ago

That file's purpose is to supply the initial filters when a new sync is created. It doesn't affect existing syncs. If you need to add a new filter line to all your existing syncs, there should be a GUI assist for that. cheers

redactedscribe commented 3 weeks ago

That makes sense. I was under the wrong impression. This can likely be closed then. If I notice what you say not to be the case, I'll comment again.