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There's no way to add your own rules yet.",[389,470,471,500,561],{},[392,472,473,476,477,480,481,484,485,480,488,491,492,495,496,499],{},[376,474,475],{},"Files:"," ",[435,478,479],{},".DS_Store",", ",[435,482,483],{},"4913",", anything ending in ",[435,486,487],{},".swp",[435,489,490],{},".tmp"," or ",[435,493,494],{},"~",", and anything starting with ",[435,497,498],{},".#",". These are editor and system temporary files.",[392,501,502,476,505,480,508,480,511,480,514,480,517,480,520,480,523,480,526,480,529,480,532,480,535,480,538,480,541,480,544,480,547,480,550,480,553,556,557,560],{},[376,503,504],{},"Folders, anywhere in the tree:",[435,506,507],{},"node_modules",[435,509,510],{},".git",[435,512,513],{},".hg",[435,515,516],{},".svn",[435,518,519],{},".venv",[435,521,522],{},"venv",[435,524,525],{},"__pycache__",[435,527,528],{},".next",[435,530,531],{},".nuxt",[435,533,534],{},".output",[435,536,537],{},".turbo",[435,539,540],{},".cache",[435,542,543],{},"dist",[435,545,546],{},"build",[435,548,549],{},"target",[435,551,552],{},"vendor",[435,554,555],{},".gradle"," and ",[435,558,559],{},"Pods",". These are dependency, version-control and build folders, which can hold tens of thousands of files.",[392,562,563,570],{},[376,564,565,566,569],{},"The ",[435,567,568],{},".treehouse"," folder"," at the top of your synced folder.",[364,572,573,574,577,578,491,581,584],{},"The match is on the exact name, so a folder called ",[435,575,576],{},"my-build-notes"," still syncs. Other dotfiles, such as ",[435,579,580],{},".env.example",[435,582,583],{},".prettierrc",", do sync.",[364,586,587,588,591],{},"Files larger than your plan's ",[381,589,590],{"href":15},"maximum file size"," are skipped, with a note in the sync log.",[593,594,596],"callout",{"type":595},"warning",[364,597,565,598,600],{},[435,599,568],{}," folder holds this folder's settings and the key it uses to reach your workspace. Never share it, copy it into another folder, or commit it to a Git repository.",[368,602,604],{"id":603},"whose-name-is-on-the-change","Whose name is on the change",[364,606,607,608,610,611,613],{},"Your synced folder connects with a key that belongs to you. Every change that arrives through it is shown in ",[381,609,330],{"href":109}," as yours, whether you made it or an agent working in the folder did. To have an agent's changes labelled as the agent's, connect it over MCP with its own key. ",[381,612,66],{"href":63}," explains the difference.",[368,615,617],{"id":616},"private-files-and-losing-access","Private files and losing access",[364,619,620,621,624],{},"Your synced folder includes your own ",[381,622,623],{"href":41},"private files",", since you can see them. It never includes other people's.",[364,626,627,628,454],{},"If a file or folder becomes private to someone else, sync removes your local copy of it, because you no longer have access. If you're removed from the workspace, the folder's key stops working and the folder stops syncing, showing ",[376,629,630],{},"Sign in needed",{"title":632,"searchDepth":11,"depth":48,"links":633},"",[634,635,636,637,638,639,640],{"id":370,"depth":11,"text":371},{"id":403,"depth":11,"text":404},{"id":417,"depth":11,"text":418},{"id":457,"depth":11,"text":458},{"id":464,"depth":11,"text":465},{"id":603,"depth":11,"text":604},{"id":616,"depth":11,"text":617},"md",{},true,[93,41,109,136],{"title":133,"description":134},"docs\u002Fdesktop\u002Fhow-sync-works","hYwYkN_nuYAQPv8mqTMvq2_C_4DbNWb4aTeVb6aFxlQ",1790706077912]