MEGAsync [FEATURE] .megaignore file

Hi, I'm aware that MEGA has a pattern-matching ignore config that can be accessed through the GUI, but I think that a .megaignore file would still be useful:

much easier to manage and edit than the GUI.
can be uploaded to (MEGA) remote, so that you don't have to configure sync ignore on every device.
allows users running MEGA in headless mode to ignore files and folders.
enables !<pattern> syntax; electing to sync certain files that would otherwise be caught by ignore config.
massively requested feature from DB community.

It would run in parallel to the current GUI-based ignore, overriding it where ! syntax is used.

Questions:

is something like this already implemented?
how plausible would this be to implement?
would a PR implementing this be accepted?
where would it best fit into the application?

Thanks, Dylan

Jun 17 '18 14:06 curz46

+1

Jul 05 '18 11:07 mohamedhk2

+1

Jul 06 '18 10:07 rayhanethk2

+1

Jul 09 '18 14:07 KsibiMohamed

+1

Jul 09 '18 14:07 haithemkdous

+1

Jul 16 '18 11:07 DevPre24

+1

Aug 23 '18 11:08 davidsonalencar

+1

Sep 02 '18 12:09 Sh3Rm4n

I was going to create a feature request just like this, Advanced settings tab is great, but I'm using dual-boot on my system, so I have to keep in mind to keep exclusion lists even on both clients on Windows and Linux. Additionally I've recently bought a new laptop and just switched plugged in secondary HDD to the new PC. I forgot to copy the exclusion list to the newly installed MEGAsync client, so it has uploaded unwanted content to the cloud.

With .megaignore file feature this wouldn't have happened + I wouldn't have to keep Linux and Windows client's settings even

+1

Oct 19 '18 18:10 salaros

+1

Nov 23 '18 09:11 RagedPanda

+1

Jan 24 '19 11:01 caiocampos

+1

May 28 '19 17:05 abwesend890

Please. When creating projects using npm with many little files in many folders - megasync becomes mad.

Jun 07 '19 14:06 furioness

+1

Jul 30 '19 16:07 komidawi

Any news?

Sep 28 '19 01:09 leobel96

Haven't heard anything from them. I think it's probably very low priority for their team and doesn't seem like they're accepting contribution

Sep 28 '19 02:09 curz46

Still waiting I guess, it'd be a really useful feature

May 11 '20 21:05 iinfin

I'm waiting too. I don't understand why such an important, relatively small and much requested feature is not implemented even after almost two years.

May 15 '20 18:05 JoshuaDietz

Still waiting this feature. I use mega-cmd. I need .megaignore file or something similar

Jul 24 '20 07:07 voxsoftware

+1

Aug 11 '20 15:08 valerii540

+1 i hope i my grand kids one day will get a chance to visit this page and leave a +1 as well

Sep 08 '20 20:09 nukadelic

+1 When I'm developing certains app than have package folders like npm node_modules, megasync going crazy with thousands and thousands files.

This feature gonna be awesome. While this not happen I will need stop using mega for this projects.

Sep 28 '20 13:09 gahfaustino

+1

Oct 10 '20 22:10 sguarin

+1

Oct 15 '20 10:10 nuno1212s

( are we there yet ? )

Dec 09 '20 12:12 nukadelic

welp

Dec 29 '20 02:12 Knosiz

+1 Similar issue as the aforementioned NPM problem. I use mega to sync a Firefox profile across devices and there are a lot of temporary files that Firefox creates which don't need to get synced.