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@maen-bn maen-bn commented Apr 5, 2026

Document upcoming fuctionality addtion for grouping done in syncthing/syncthing#10563

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<configuration version="37">
<folder id="default" label="Default Folder" path="/Users/jb/Sync/" type="sendreceive" rescanIntervalS="3600" fsWatcherEnabled="true" fsWatcherDelayS="10" fsWatcherTimeoutS="0" ignorePerms="false" autoNormalize="true">
<folder id="default" label="Default Folder" group="Group 1" path="/Users/jb/Sync/" type="sendreceive" rescanIntervalS="3600" fsWatcherEnabled="true" fsWatcherDelayS="10" fsWatcherTimeoutS="0" ignorePerms="false" autoNormalize="true">
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How about a more descriptive name, e.g. group="Home"? The same applies to all the other places 😉.

Document upcoming fuctionality addtion for grouping done in syncthing/syncthing#10563

Signed-off-by: Ben Norcombe <bennorcombe@pm.me>
@maen-bn maen-bn force-pushed the local-grouping-of-folders-and-devices branch from 36ccb74 to afdf4fe Compare April 6, 2026 12:32

.. option:: folder.group

The group for a folder is a human readable and descriptive local name. Allows
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Should add a .. versionadded:: 2.1.0 here

A friendly name for the device. (optional)

.. option:: device.group

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