nextcloud / nextcloud/desktop

Way to persistently block application from hydrating files on stat

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## Feature request

32.0.1 / Windows client 4.0.1

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I have a large virtual Nextcloud filesystem, and would like to keep most of it dehydrated. When searching for files (by name / metadata) with "find" in git-bash, the Nextcloud client appears to attempt hydrating all files.

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Ideally it would be possible to identify that the file is not being "opened" as such, but presumably polled for metadata.

Currently, if I need to run a query such as:

find . -type d -empty
(e.g. yes, I did run Client version 4.0.0 recently!), I am hitting "Block app" on the pop-up that appears in the system notifications. "find" continues to work successfully.

Unfortunately, the block does not appear to be persistent, and running the command a second time still results in more attempts to hydrate my virtual files.

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(Possibly a patch to "find" to make it not stat everything? - But ideally Nextcloud Client would either let me block this behavior persistently for this program, OR - possibly wait until the file is opened to trigger the hydration?

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