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.TH "SYNCTHING-STIGNORE" "5" "Mar 21, 2024" "v1.27.4" "Syncthing"
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.SH NAME
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syncthing-stignore \- Prevent files from being synchronized to other nodes
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.INDENT 0.0
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.INDENT 3.5
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.sp
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.nf
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.ft C
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\&.stignore
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.fi
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.UNINDENT
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.sp
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If some files should not be synchronized to (or from) other devices, a file called
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\fB\&.stignore\fP can be created containing file patterns to ignore. The \fB\&.stignore\fP
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file must be placed in the root of the synced folder (files in other locations are
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not applied). The \fB\&.stignore\fP file itself will never be synced to other devices,
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although it can \fB#include\fP files that \fIare\fP synchronized between devices. All
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patterns are relative to the synced folder root. The contents of the \fB\&.stignore\fP
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file must be UTF\-8 encoded.
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.sp
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\fBNOTE:\fP
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.INDENT 3.5
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Note that ignored files can block removal of an otherwise empty directory.
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See below for the (?d) prefix to allow deletion of ignored files.
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.SH PATTERNS
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.sp
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The \fB\&.stignore\fP file contains a list of file or path patterns. The
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\fIfirst\fP pattern that matches will decide the fate of a given file.
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.INDENT 0.0
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.IP \(bu 2
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Regular file names match themselves, i.e. the pattern \fBfoo\fP matches
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the files \fBfoo\fP, \fBsubdir/foo\fP as well as any directory named
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\fBfoo\fP\&. Spaces are treated as regular characters, except for leading
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and trailing spaces, which are automatically trimmed.
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.IP \(bu 2
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\fBAsterisk\fP (\fB*\fP) matches zero or more characters in a filename, but does not
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match the directory separator. \fBte*ne\fP matches \fBtelephone\fP,
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\fBsubdir/telephone\fP but not \fBtele/phone\fP\&.
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.IP \(bu 2
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\fBDouble asterisk\fP (\fB**\fP) matches as above, but also directory separators.
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\fBte**ne\fP matches \fBtelephone\fP, \fBsubdir/telephone\fP and
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\fBtele/sub/dir/phone\fP\&.
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.IP \(bu 2
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\fBQuestion mark\fP (\fB?\fP) matches a single character that is not the directory
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separator. \fBte??st\fP matches \fBtebest\fP but not \fBteb/st\fP or
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\fBtest\fP\&.
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.IP \(bu 2
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\fBSquare brackets\fP (\fB[]\fP) denote a character range: \fB[a\-z]\fP matches
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any lower case character.
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.IP \(bu 2
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\fBCurly brackets\fP (\fB{}\fP) denote a set of comma separated alternatives:
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\fB{banana,pineapple}\fP matches either \fBbanana\fP or \fBpineapple\fP\&.
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.IP \(bu 2
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\fBBackslash\fP (\fB\e\fP) “escapes” a special character so that it loses its
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special meaning. For example, \fB\e{banana\e}\fP matches \fB{banana}\fP exactly
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and does not denote a set of alternatives as above.
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\fBNOTE:\fP
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Escaped characters are not supported on Windows, where \fB\e\fP is the
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path separator. If you still need to match files that have square or
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curly brackets in their names, one possible workaround is to replace
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them with \fB?\fP, which will then match any character. For example,
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you can type \fB?banana?\fP to match both \fB[banana]\fP and
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\fB{banana}\fP, and so on.
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.UNINDENT
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.IP \(bu 2
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A pattern beginning with \fB/\fP matches in the root of the synced folder only.
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\fB/foo\fP matches \fBfoo\fP but not \fBsubdir/foo\fP\&.
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.IP \(bu 2
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A pattern beginning with \fB#include\fP results in loading patterns
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from the named file. It is an error for a file to not exist or be
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included more than once. Note that while this can be used to include
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patterns from a file in a subdirectory, the patterns themselves are
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still relative to the synced folder \fIroot\fP\&. Example:
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\fB#include more\-patterns.txt\fP\&.
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.sp
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Any \fB#include\fP directives inside a file loaded by \fB#include\fP require paths
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specified relative to the directory containing the loaded file, rather than the
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synchronised root directory.
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.IP \(bu 2
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A pattern beginning with a \fB!\fP prefix negates the pattern: matching files
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are \fIincluded\fP (that is, \fInot\fP ignored). This can be used to override
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more general patterns that follow.
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\fBNOTE:\fP
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.INDENT 3.5
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Negated patterns that can match items below the folder root will cause
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Syncthing to traverse otherwise ignored directories. If the
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\fI\%watcher\fP is enabled, those directories will also be
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watched. Directories ignored before the first negated pattern can
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however be safely skipped, since the first matching pattern wins. For
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example:
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/foo
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/bar
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!baz
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The directories \fBfoo\fP and \fBbar\fP will be entirely ignored. However any
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other directories present must be scanned entirely to find any items
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named \fIbaz\fP, despite the fact that they will be ignored due to the
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\fB*\fP\&. As a special case, top\-level rooted patterns (e.g. \fB!/foo\fP) do
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not cause this behaviour:
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!/baz
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In this case, only the directory \fBbaz\fP will be scanned, since
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everything else is ignored by the \fB*\fP pattern.
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.UNINDENT
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.IP \(bu 2
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A pattern beginning with a \fB(?i)\fP prefix enables case\-insensitive pattern
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matching. \fB(?i)test\fP matches \fBtest\fP, \fBTEST\fP and \fBtEsT\fP\&. The
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\fB(?i)\fP prefix can be combined with other patterns, for example the
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pattern \fB(?i)!picture*.png\fP indicates that \fBPicture1.PNG\fP should
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be synchronized. On Mac OS and Windows, patterns are always case\-insensitive.
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.IP \(bu 2
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A pattern beginning with a \fB(?d)\fP prefix enables removal of these files if
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they are preventing directory deletion. This prefix should be used by any OS
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generated files which you are happy to be removed.
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\fBNOTE:\fP
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.INDENT 3.5
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Prefixes can be specified in any order (e.g. \fB(?d)(?i)\fP), but cannot
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be combined in a single pair of parentheses like (?di)\&.
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A line beginning with \fB//\fP is a comment and has no effect. The same double
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slashes in any other place are interpreted literally, e.g. trying to do
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\fBfile // comment\fP will make Syncthing look for a file called \fBfile // comment\fP\&.
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.UNINDENT
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.SH EXAMPLE
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Given a directory layout starting at the synced folder’s root:
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\&.DS_Store
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\&.stignore
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foo
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foofoo
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bar/
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baz
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quux
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quuz
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bar2/
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baz
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frobble
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My Pictures/
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Img15.PNG
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.ft P
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.UNINDENT
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.UNINDENT
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.sp
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and an \fB\&.stignore\fP file with the contents:
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.INDENT 0.0
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.nf
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.ft C
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(?d).DS_Store
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!frobble
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!quuz
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foo
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*2
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qu*
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(?i)my pictures
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.UNINDENT
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all files and directories called “foo”, ending in a “2” or starting with
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“qu” will be ignored. The end result becomes:
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\&.DS_Store # ignored, will be deleted if gets in the way of parent directory removal
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foo # ignored, matches \(dqfoo\(dq
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foofoo # synced, does not match \(dqfoo\(dq but would match \(dqfoo*\(dq or \(dq*foo\(dq
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bar/ # synced
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baz # synced
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quux # ignored, matches \(dqqu*\(dq
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quuz # synced, matches \(dqqu*\(dq but is excluded by the preceding \(dq!quuz\(dq
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bar2/ # synced, despite matching \(dq*2\(dq due to child frobble
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baz # ignored, due to parent being ignored
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frobble # synced, due to \(dq!frobble\(dq
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My Pictures/ # ignored, matched case insensitive \(dq(?i)my pictures\(dq pattern
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Img15.PNG # ignored, due to parent being ignored
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.ft P
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.fi
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.UNINDENT
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.UNINDENT
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.sp
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\fBNOTE:\fP
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.INDENT 0.0
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.INDENT 3.5
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Please note that directory patterns ending with a slash
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\fBsome/directory/\fP matches the content of the directory, but not the
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directory itself. If you want the pattern to match the directory and its
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content, make sure it does not have a \fB/\fP at the end of the pattern.
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.UNINDENT
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New in version 1.19.0: Default patterns can be configured which will take effect when automatically
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accepting a folder from a remote device. The GUI suggests same the patterns
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when adding a folder manually. In either case, the \fB\&.stignore\fP file is
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created with these defaults if none is present yet.
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.SH AUTHOR
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The Syncthing Authors
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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2014-2019, The Syncthing Authors
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