Syncthing

The Problem In a previous post I described a setup for sharing a Linux project folder with Windows using Samba, then hooking it into Dropbox via a directory symlink. The idea was that Dropbox would treat the symlink as a regular folder and sync everything to the cloud. It did not work. Dropbox on Windows refuses to follow symlinks that point to network drives. The folder showed up in Explorer with sync arrows on it, looked like it was working, but nothing ever actually synced. After trying every variation I could think of, including running Dropbox as Administrator, I gave up on that approach entirely. ...