alastair87 / dropboxignore

It's all about the missing .dropboxignore file.

dropboxignore

It's all about the missing .dropboxignore file.

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Exclude files from your dropbox using glob patterns and take advantage of existing .gitignore files.

This is a simple shell script that can be used to ignore files from dropbox using glob patterns, .dropboxignore files and the already existing .gitignorefiles. The shell script uses this approach to ignore the matched files.

Features

• Ignore folders or files based on glob patterns inside the .dropboxignore file.
• Automatically generate .dropboxignore files based on existing .gitignore files.
• Ignore specific folders or files via CLI.
• Revert ignored folders or files
• Delete .dropboxignore files
• Update .dropboxignore files when changes are detected in corresponding .gitignore files.
• List ignored files and folders

Getting Started

Basic Installation

dropboxignore is installed by running one of the following commands in your terminal. You can install this via the command-line with either curl, wget or another similar tool. attr and git package should be installed on your system.

Mathod	Command
curl	sudo sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sp1thas/dropboxignore/master/utils/install.sh)"
wget	sudo sh -c "$(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sp1thas/dropboxignore/master/utils/install.sh)"
fetch	sudo sh -c "$(fetch -o - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sp1thas/dropboxignore/master/utils/install.sh)"

Snap Installation

$ snap install dropboxignore

Manual Installation

$ git clone https://github.com/sp1thas/dropboxignore.git
$ cd dropboxignore
$ make test  # optional step, bats should be in your PATH
$ sudo make install

Uninstall

$ sudo make uninstall

Usage

In order to use this script you have to select the action and the file or folder that the action will take place.

A common workflow could be the following

1. Automatically generate .dropboxignore files based on existing .gitignore files (dropboxignore generate path).
2. Manually update or create .dropboxignore files (Optional)
3. Ignore matched files based on .dropboxignore files (dropboxignore ignore path)

TL;DR

Case	Solution
	$ dropboxignore ignore ./node_modules
	$ dropboxignore ignore ./venv

Notes

1. In order to prevent unpleasant data losses, exception patterns are not supported. Both .gitignore and .dropboxignore files with at least one exceptional pattern will be bypassed (for further details: #3).
2. Automatic generation of .dropboxignore files is an optional step, therefore, may not be a necessary action for your case.

Demo

For futher details check out the documentation

How to contribute

If you want to contribute, read docs/contributing.md guide for further details.

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