SYNCTHING-STIGNORE(5) Syncthing SYNCTHING-STIGNORE(5) (NAME) syncthing-stignore - (SYNOPSIS) .stignore (DESCRIPTION) ( ) .stignore . .stignore ( ). .stignore #include . . .stignore UTF-8 . : . (?d) . (PATTERNS) .stignore . . o foo foo subdir/foo foo . . o (*) . te*ne telephone subdir/telephone tele/phone . o (**) . te**ne telephone subdir/telephone tele/sub/dir/phone . o (?) . te??st tebest teb/st test . o ([]) : [a-z] . o ({}) : {banana,pineapple} banana pineapple . o (\) (escape) . \{banana\} {banana} . : \ | . |{banana|} {banana} . \ ( / ) #escape=\ . : #escape=\ /foo /path/bar/\{banana\} /path/baz\[2\]/ex\[3\].txt #escape=\ . #include ( ) #escape=\ . #escape=\ . o / . /foo foo subdir/foo . o #include . . . : #include more-patterns.txt. #include . o ! : ( ). . : Syncthing . (watcher) . . : /foo /bar !baz * foo bar . baz * . ( !/foo) : !/baz * baz * . o (?i) . (?i)test test TEST tEsT . (?i) (?i)!picture*.png Picture1.PNG . Mac OS Windows . o (?d) . . : ( (?d)(?i)) ( (?di)). o // () . file // comment Syncthing file // comment . (EXAMPLE) : .DS_Store .stignore foo foofoo bar/ baz quux quuz bar2/ baz frobble My Pictures/ Img15.PNG .stignore : (?d).DS_Store !frobble !quuz foo *2 qu* (?i)my pictures "foo" "2" "qu" . : .DS_Store # foo # "foo" foofoo # "foo" "foo*" "*foo" bar/ # baz # quux # "qu*" quuz # "qu*" "!quuz" bar2/ # "*2" frobble baz # frobble # "!frobble" My Pictures/ # "(?i)my pictures" Img15.PNG # : some/directory/ . / . 1.19.0: . (GUI) . .stignore . 2.0.0: (|) .stignore . #escape=X X . (AUTHOR) (The Syncthing Authors) (COPYRIGHT) 2014-2026, The Syncthing Authors v2.1.0 July 23, 2026 SYNCTHING-STIGNORE(5)