Endlessly trying to sync data put in sync of /Shared

[halfgaar]

I have a user, who has a configured sync that points to /Shared on the server. So, in it, you can see all the folders that are shared to him.

Now, when he adds data to the root of that sync, Mirall tries to sync it to the server to /Shared, but that's not possible, because /Shared is virtual. It keeps trying to do this forever.

Steps to reproduce:

• Create user1
• Create user2
• User1 shares data to user2
• User2 configures a Mirall sync to /Shared in c:\bla
• User2 sees the shared folders in c:\bla
• User2 puts data in c:\bla
• Mirall tries to sync forever, but the data doesn't end up anywhere on the server.

Solution:

As mentioned in #519, I think there should be a control panel in the sync client for problematic files. These files could appear in there as 'impossible to sync'.

Versions:

Owncloud 5.0.0
Miral 1.2.3.nightly-201300404

[karlitschek]

@dragotin @danimo

[jochenwezel]

Additionally, the icon of the file (and also parent folders) could become an overlay icon (also see e.g. Tortoise SVN that marks all files with a green check mark or an red X in case the file hasn't been committed yet)
see also #102

[halfgaar]

Turtoise overlay icons are notorious not to work; they're never up-to-date. This is said to be a Windows problem. I don't know if Owncloud should do this.

[dragotin]

Closing this with the same reasoning as explained in #519