Enhancement : graphical interface for ignore list

[Loïc Alejandro]

Binary package hint: ubuntuone-client

I don't know how to report a wish of enhancement ...

I am syncing folders that are svnized.
U1 lasts like 10 hours to perform localscan, using more than 90% cpu.
I suppose it's because of the high number of files watched.

So I would like to ignore .svn folders.

In the /etc/xdg/ubuntuone/syncdaemon.conf file there is an ignore list like :
ignore.default = \A#.*\Z
                 \A.*~\Z
                 \A.*\.py[oc]\Z
                 \A.*\.sw[nopx]\Z
                 \A.*\.swpx\Z
                 \A\..*\.tmp\Z

It would be nice to have a graphical interface to manage U1 ignored files and folders. Or at least a possibility to create an ignore list in the syncdaemon.conf file in my home with a simple syntax :)

[Duane Hinnen (duanedesign)]

Great idea. Thank you for taking the time to submit it.

thank you,
duanedesign

[Loïc Alejandro (loic-alejandro)]

For the moment, I would like to be able to ignore my svn files and folders. What do I have to write ?

[John Lenton (chipaca)]

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 01:13:43 -0000, Loïc Alejandro <email address hidden> wrote:
> For the moment, I would like to be able to ignore my svn files and
> folders. What do I have to write ?
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/625194
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> Title:
> Enhancement : graphical interface for ignore list

to your ~/.config/ubuntuone/syncdaemon.conf add the following:

--- from here 8< ---
ignore = \A#.*\Z
         \A.*~\Z
         \A.*\.py[oc]\Z
         \A.*\.sw[nopx]\Z
         \A.*\.swpx\Z
         \A\..*\.tmp\Z
         \A\.svn\Z
---- >8 to here ---

(or just add the last line to ignore.default in
/etc/xdg/ubuntuone/syncdaemon.conf)

Let me know if it works :)

[Loïc Alejandro (loic-alejandro)]

doesn't seem to work.
I made the change in the two files you mentionned, and if i do some u1sdtool --waiting-content | grep svn
I still get several lines : http://pastebin.com/R0pCn6qK

[Loïc Alejandro (loic-alejandro)]

Is there another solution ?

[Loïc Alejandro (loic-alejandro)]

Solved by writting :

[logging]
level = DEBUG

[bandwidth_throttling]
read_limit = 2097152
write_limit = 2097152
on = False

[__main__]
ignore = \A#.*\Z
         \A.*~\Z
         \A.*\.py[oc]\Z
         \A.*\.sw[nopx]\Z
         \A.*\.swpx\Z
         \A\..*\.tmp\Z
         \A\.svn\Z

in ~/.config/ubuntuone/syncdaemon.conf

[Loïc Alejandro (loic-alejandro)]

Other question : if I want to ignore files with a .sckit extension, what should I write ? I tried several thinks without success.
thx

[Loïc Alejandro (loic-alejandro)]

I think I found it : \A.*\.swpx\Z

[Loïc Alejandro (loic-alejandro)]

I mean \A.*\.sckit\Z

[Roman Yepishev (rye)]

Loïc Alejandro, yes \A.*\.sckit\Z should work:

"\A" - matches the beginning of the string
"." - matches any character if "." is not escaped by "\"
"*" - matches any number of previous characters ("a*" will match a string with no a at all, "a", "aa", "aaaaaaa", too)
"\." - matches literal point
"sckit" - goes as it is
"\Z" - matches end of string.

[Loïc Alejandro (loic-alejandro)]

Thanks for the explanation.
If I understood well, if I want to escape a "~gen" folder, I should write : \A~gen\Z ?

[Loïc Alejandro (loic-alejandro)]

ahm, I better write \A.*~gen\Z isnt' it ?

[Dan Allen (dan.j.allen)]

Having a UI is very important for two reasons:

1. To communicate to the user that files will be ignored (with some indication as to which ones)
2. Allow the user to configure the ignored files

I got into trouble using Ubuntu One to sync by Pidgin configuration and logs directory (.purple). By excluding files that begin with #, non of the IRC channel logs get backed up (since IRC channels begin with #).

It would be nice to be able to override the ignore list on a per-path basis. That way I could make an exception for the .purple directory, for instance.

[Natalia Bidart (nataliabidart)]

Hi Dan,

I too sync all my purple logs, what I have in syncdaemon.conf is:

nessita@dali:~$ cat .config/ubuntuone/syncdaemon.conf
[__main__]
ignore = \A.*~\Z
 \A.*\.py[oc]\Z
 \A.*\.sw[nopx]\Z
 \A.*\.swpx\Z
 \A\..*\.tmp\Z

I know this setting is global, but I don't care that any other #something files/folders is being synched.

[bsquared (bsquared)]

I am also banging my head against the wall trying to filter sync'd content. I am syncing my browser env (seamonkey) and I want to ignore the entire Cache folder and some other files by extension. Originally I had my whole profile folder set up, but I realized the Cache folder would be a problem. I removed the folder from sync through the nautilus extension, and to test I modified the ~/.config/ubuntuone/sycdaemon.conf like so...

[__main__]
ignore = \ACache\/.*\Z
 \A\..*\.sqlite.*\Z
 \A(\.parent)?lock\Z

but nothing is showing up on the web interface, and the nautilus extension indicates all items are synced or in the process.

Any suggestions?

Thank you,
Brian

[Leo Arias (elopio)]

Please take a look at bug #829034, that asks for a list of files to include for the synchronization.