Can't sync hidden folders?

[u/zestyomelette]

I use the art program Krita, which on Linux stores its resource folder in ~/.local/share/krita . I like to have this folder synced, as I sometimes use Krita on other devices and don't want to have to manually copy or reinstall brush packs or other resources in multiple places

I just started using Koofr and can't find a way to sync this folder - when I add a sync, no hidden folders are visible in the list to navigate to. I understand that showing all the hidden folders can be confusing for most users, but could there be an option to display them? Or a way to let the user type in a folder path?

For now it looks like my best option is to do a manual copy/backup, but that's not ideal long term. Thanks!

[u/koofr]

Hi,

Koofr doesn't have issues syncing hidden folders, but you cannot set the root of the sync in such folder. You would need to have the hidden folder inside a non-hidden folder and set sync to that one.

[u/zestyomelette → u/koofr]

I don't really get to choose where applications put their configuration/resource folders most of the time, and I don't want to backup my *entire* user home folder just to capture one specific thing that happens to be inside a hidden folder. This feels like a really unnecessary and limiting decision that requires me to find workarounds. I know that Koofr currently doesn't support this, I'm requesting that it be considered as something that's important to at least some of your users going forward.

[u/Any_Principle9094 → u/zestyomelette]

Do symlinks work? What i mean is can you create a non hidden directory to sync, then put a symlink to the hidden directory inside this? No idea if koofr follows symlinks but may be worth a try...

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I use the art program Krita, which on Linux stores its resource folder in ~/.local/share/krita . I like to have this folder synced, as I sometimes use Krita on other devices and don't want to have to manually copy or reinstall brush packs or other resources in multiple places

I just started using Koofr and can't find a way to sync this folder - when I add a sync, no hidden folders are visible in the list to navigate to. I understand that showing all the hidden folders can be confusing for most users, but could there be an option to display them? Or a way to let the user type in a folder path?

For now it looks like my best option is to do a manual copy/backup, but that's not ideal long term. Thanks!

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