Exclude certain folder names in any subfolder, by pattern, _except_ for certain specific ones, etc

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Hi, I'd like sync to skip any node_modules, and Library in any subfolder it finds. I've tried node_modules, *\node_modules, (.*)\node_modules, etc, but none worked...

I've also tried to create an exclude pattern that would exclude all folders starting with a . (i.e. dot dirs), except for certain ones, like .docker, .vscode, etc, but no luck with that either.

Are these possible in the Synchronize Exclude panel?

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No, not in the exclude panel.

You need to use a filter. Give this a try:

location match "^(?!.*\\\\(?:\\.(?!docker$|vscode$)|library$|node_modules$))(?:.*)" regex

Same logic, split into three conditions for easier maintenance:

location nomatch ".*\\\\\\.(?!docker|vscode)[^\\\\]*" regex
and location nomatch ".*\\\\library(\\\\|$)" regex
and location nomatch ".*\\\\node_modules(\\\\|$)" regex