RProjuser are now free to be modified by RStudio without Dropbox's interference. :///installs-integrations/sync-uploads/download-entire-folders. I Selectively Sync'd, then manually re-added the. a GitHub, DropBox, or Google Drive URL, as copied from a web browser. UPDATE: the manual re-adding works for Dropbox.

git folders)Ĭonclusion: It does not appear that Dropbox or Box Sync have 'ignore' functions and RStudio projects/git and Dropbox/Box Sync don't play well together (unless, perhaps, I manually download and re-insert the.

It appears 'Unsync' in Box Sync will also delete the computer copy and keep the cloud copy. Maybe I need to make a copy, do Selective Sync, and then re-add? Or similarly, do Selective Sync, and manually download back to the folder? If this is what RStudio meant in its support file (above link), this extra step should be clarified.Īlso, advice for Box Sync and Google Drive etc. It is only possible to exclude/ignore individual files with this hack: but not whole folders. So I hesitate to do this because this seems like it would destroy the project/git. git folders from your computer (Dropbox will keep its cloud copy). However, the advice about using Selective Sync will remove the.

Thanks for this recent article about Dropbox:

Dropbox not syncing .git