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Expand Up @@ -116,9 +116,15 @@ it simple and easy. So, it has some limitations:
- It's not a particularly good idea to share code with cozy-desktop:
- `node_modules` have tons of small files
- compiled code often has to be recompile to works on another environment
- git and other VCS are not meant to be share like this. You may lose your
work if you make changes on two laptops synchronized by cozy-desktop (it's
the same with [dropbox][4], [google-drive][5], [syncthing][6], etc.)
- git (and other VCS) repositories are not meant to be shared this way.
You may lose your work if you make changes on two laptops synchronized
by cozy-desktop (it's the same with [dropbox][4], [google-drive][5],
[syncthing][6], etc.)
- `cozy-desktop` keeps the time with only a precision of a second, which may
trigger unexpected "file changed" notifications in your editor (see
[emacs issue](https://github.com/cozy-labs/cozy-desktop/issues/446) and
[workaround](https://github.com/cozy-labs/cozy-desktop/issues/446#issuecomment-262239629)).


- If the same file has been modified in parallel, cozy-desktop don't try to
merge the modifications. It will just rename of one the copies with a
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- We expect a personal usage:
- a reasonable number of files and folders (< 1.000.000)
- a reasonable number of files per folder (< 10.000)
- a reasonable size for files (< 1 To)
- a reasonable size for files (< 1 Tb)
- a reasonable size for files and folders path (< 1024 bytes)
- not too many changes
- etc.
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