{"version":"2.1.280","anchor":"new-skip-file-patterns-for-dir-sync-empty-tempmarker-files","canonical_anchor":"new-skip-file-patterns-for-dir-sync-empty-tempmarker-files","heading":"New skip-file patterns for dir-sync-empty temp\/marker files","tier":"internal","area":"Directory Sync","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.280\/e\/new-skip-file-patterns-for-dir-sync-empty-tempmarker-files","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.280","markdown":"### New skip-file patterns for dir-sync-empty temp\/marker files\n\nFile sync now also ignores new '.dir-sync-empty.json' marker files used for empty directories\n\n**What**\n\nThe directory-sync scanner, which decides which files to sync for a session, now also ignores files ending in `.dir-sync-empty.json` and files containing `.dir-sync-empty.json.tmp.`, in addition to the existing `.dir-sync.json` patterns it already skipped.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis suggests a new kind of marker file used to represent empty folders during syncing; excluding it keeps these internal marker files from being treated as regular synced content.\n\n- Area: Directory Sync\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}