I recently installed latest greatest syncthing on both my macbook pro (aka mbp) and my new samsung galaxy tab A7 (android 10).
Both are working fine in terms of configuring folders and actually synching between the two devices. Great!
However there is one annoyance / bug(???) which I haven’t had any luck finding an answer to in the forums here which is probably due to generic / wrong terminology used in my searches.
For some reason, if I add a new folder via syncthing on the A7 and configure it to allow the mbp to see / sync it, the mbp will get a notification and then automatically configure / add the folder on the mbp.
BUT if instead, i add a new folder via syncthing on the MBP and configure it to allow the A7 to see / sync it, the A7 NEVER gets that autoconfigure folder notification which means i have to manually configure the other half of the sync folder on the A7.
Sure i can manually create and fix up the corresponding folder on the A7 by configuring it with the same folder ID of the one i created on the mbp that didn’t automatically sync. BUT it’s easier to type and configure on a real keyboard from my mbp than the virtual A7 Keyboard! And since i’m mostly one-way synching from the mbp TO the A7 where all my folders initially are, it’s more natural and I’d prefer that the auto notification and configuration worked like it’s supposed to so that the folder creations on the mbp get auto pushed and created on the android A7. It’s just easier all the way around.
Coming from iOS world, it’s also better to push from mbp bc it took me a full day to understand (i think??? ;)) the convoluted file mgt pathing that android has rigged together over time especially when using an SD card on the android device ;). In sum, pushing from the mbp insulates me from having to navigate the long and obscure android file pathing.
Any thoughts on what might be going on, how to troubleshoot it with logs or how to fix this?
I wasn’t sure whether to post on the issues pages for EITHER android OR mac OR BOTH syncthing github projects. In the end both seemed to suggest i post here instead for help.
Thx
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