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I would like to request folder exclusion patterns in TerraSync.

As a software developer, I often synchronize project folders between my computers and TNAS devices. Many development projects contain directories that should not be synchronized, such as:

* .git
* node_modules
* build
* dist
* .gradle
* .idea
* Pods
* vendor

These folders can be very large, contain temporary/generated files, or are automatically recreated when needed. Synchronizing them consumes unnecessary storage, bandwidth, and synchronization time.

It would be extremely useful if TerraSync could provide Folder exclusion rules when creating a sync task.

jawaszakaria wrote: ↑19 Jun 2026, 05:00

Thank you for your feedback! If I understand correctly, you're looking for a "Selective Sync" feature. When creating a sync task, after selecting the sync folder, you would like to choose which subfolders should be synchronized and which should be excluded, instead of syncing the entire folder by default. Is that correct?

Thank you for the detailed feedback and the excellent use case breakdown. Just to make sure I've understood correctly — you're asking for folder exclusion rules (pattern-based), not simply manually selecting folders per sync task. In other words, you'd define rules like "exclude all node_modules", "exclude all .git", and TerraSync would apply them automatically across all sync tasks without you having to configure each one individually.

TMeric wrote: ↑03 Jul 2026, 09:31

Sorry for the late reply.

Yes, a pattern-based exclusion system would be much more useful than selecting individual subfolders. I synchronize between 10 and 20 projects, and each project contains multiple folders that I would like to exclude. For example, the .git directory.

With pattern-based exclusions, if I specify .git/ as an excluded pattern, the sync process should automatically skip every folder with that name across all synchronized projects, without requiring me to select each one individually.

jawaszakaria wrote: ↑15 Jul 2026, 23:26

thanks for your detailed supplementary feedback. This request has been submitted to our product team and will be evaluated for optimization in future versions.

jawaszakaria wrote: ↑15 Jul 2026, 23:26

Thank you for your feedback! We have accepted your request and plan to implement it in two phases.

In the first phase, we will introduce per-task selective sync, allowing users to exclude specific folders when creating or editing sync or backup tasks, so this feature can be available as soon as possible.

In the second phase, we will add global default filter rules, enabling users to manage filter settings consistently across all sync and backup tasks.

Good luck with it, and thank you all for the quick response. I really appreciate it!