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feature_request: Allow non-network drives for sync #392
Description
The current problem or need
I use Syncthing to sync my files. This doesn't use a network drive though, it just syncs a regular folder.
When I select this folder for syncing, it doesn't let me because, I assume, it expects a network drive.
Describe the solution you'd like
It would be nice if I could somehow select a regular folder for syncing.
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vikdevelop commentedon May 18, 2025
Hello,
thank you for the feature request.
This idea looks interesting, but it is an issue with the file system type detection. Especially in Flatpak, all directories that start with
/run/user/1000/...use thefusefile system, so it might cause that the user (by mistake) selects the folder, which is not synchronized with the cloud storage, but it is out of the sandbox, which will bring confusion. So, for this reason, it is allowed onlygvfsd-fuseandrclone-fusefile systems...taukakao commentedon May 19, 2025
I understand that this feature protects users from accidentally selecting the wrong folder but I think a warning would be enough here.
I think if a user sees the warning "no cloud storage selected" or something, they will check again if that's not what they want.
vikdevelop commentedon May 20, 2025
I'll try to implement this in the upcoming 3.6 release - so I highly recommend you keep an eye on future beta releases - it's possible it will be there soon! :)
taukakao commentedon May 21, 2025
Sounds good, thanks a lot!
Add support for the syncthing folders