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.TH "SYNCTHING-STIGNORE" "5" "May 30, 2015" "v0.11" "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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.SH DESCRIPTION
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If some files should not be synchronized to other nodes, a file called
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\fB\&.stignore\fP can be created containing file patterns to ignore. The
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\fB\&.stignore\fP file must be placed in the root of the repository. The
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\fB\&.stignore\fP file itself will never be synced to other nodes, although it can
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\fB#include\fP files that \fIare\fP synchronized between nodes. All patterns are
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relative to the repository root.
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.SH PATTERNS
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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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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.
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Asterisk matches zero or more characters in a filename, but does not
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match the directory separator. \fBte*st\fP matches \fBtest\fP,
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\fBsubdir/telerest\fP but not \fBtele/rest\fP\&.
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.IP \(bu 2
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Double asterisk matches as above, but also directory separators.
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\fBte**st\fP matches \fBtest\fP, \fBsubdir/telerest\fP and
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\fBtele/sub/dir/rest\fP\&.
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Question mark 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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A pattern beginning with \fB/\fP matches in the current directory only.
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\fB/foo\fP matches \fBfoo\fP but not \fBsubdir/foo\fP\&.
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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 repository \fIroot\fP\&. Example:
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\fB#include more\-patterns.txt\fP\&.
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.IP \(bu 2
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A pattern beginning with \fB!\fP 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. Note that files in ignored
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directories can not be re\-included this way. This is due to the fact
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that syncthing stops scanning when it reaches an ignored directory,
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so doesn\(aqt know what files it might contain.
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.IP \(bu 2
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A pattern beginning with \fB(?i)\fP 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. Note that case\-insensitive patterns must start with
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\fB(?i)\fP when combined with other flags.
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A line beginning with \fB//\fP is a comment and has no effect.
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.SH EXAMPLE
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Given a directory layout:
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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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and an \fB\&.stignore\fP file with the contents:
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!frobble
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foo
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(?i)my pictures
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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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foo # ignored, matches "foo"
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foofoo # synced, does not match "foo" but would match "foo*" or "*foo"
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bar/ # synced
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baz # synced
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quux # ignored, matches "qu*"
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quuz # synced, matches "qu*" but is excluded by the preceding "!quuz"
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bar2/ # ignored, matched "*2"
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baz # ignored, due to parent being ignored
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frobble # ignored, due to parent being ignored; "!frobble" doesn\(aqt help
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My Pictures/ # ignored, matched case insensitive "(?i)my pictures" pattern
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Img15.PNG # ignored, due to parent being ignored
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\fBNOTE:\fP
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.INDENT 0.0
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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 director and it\(aqs
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content, make sure it does not have a \fB/\fP at the end of the pattern.
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.SH EFFECTS ON "IN SYNC" STATUS
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Currently the effects on who is in sync with what can be a bit confusing
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when using ignore patterns. This should be cleared up in a future
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version...
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Assume two nodes, Alice and Bob, where Alice has 100 files to share, but
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Bob ignores 25 of these. From Alice\(aqs point of view Bob will become
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about 75% in sync (the actual number depends on the sizes of the
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individual files) and remain in "Syncing" state even though it is in
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fact not syncing anything (\fI\%issue #623\fP <\fBhttps://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/issues/623\fP>). From
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Bob\(aqs point of view it\(aqs 100% up to date but will show fewer files in
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both the local and global view.
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If Bob adds files that have already been synced to the ignore list, they
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will remain in the "global" view but disappear from the "local" view.
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The end result is more files in the global repository than in the local,
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but still 100% in sync (\fI\%issue #624\fP <\fBhttps://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/issues/624\fP>). From
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Alice\(aqs point of view, Bob will remain 100% in sync until the next
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reconnect, because Bob has already announce that he has the files that
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are now suddenly ignored.
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.SH AUTHOR
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The Syncthing Authors
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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2015, The Syncthing Authors
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