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minus-squareSamskara@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·9 days agomacOS only does this on network shares or external storage that’s formatted in neither HFS+ nor APFS, Apple‘s file system formats.
minus-squareTheRealKuni@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·9 days agoRight, so anything that might be used with other machines.
minus-squareSamskara@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·9 days agoZIP files created with macOS‘ file manager Finder can also contain DS_Store files. Yes, the idea is to support macOS features on non native file systems. If you want to look it up, some of this goes back to HFS, a file system with a resource fork and data fork. It allows you to do pretty cool stuff.
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minus-squarejust some guy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days agoTo add to this, it does not do this on drives/folders added to the indexing exclusion list
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoHuh? I’ve seen it on the git untracked files list on APFS drives, I’m pretty sure. In fact I know some companies just add it to .gitignore for that reason
macOS only does this on network shares or external storage that’s formatted in neither HFS+ nor APFS, Apple‘s file system formats.
Right, so anything that might be used with other machines.
ZIP files created with macOS‘ file manager Finder can also contain DS_Store files.
Yes, the idea is to support macOS features on non native file systems.
If you want to look it up, some of this goes back to HFS, a file system with a resource fork and data fork. It allows you to do pretty cool stuff.
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To add to this, it does not do this on drives/folders added to the indexing exclusion list
Huh? I’ve seen it on the git untracked files list on APFS drives, I’m pretty sure.
In fact I know some companies just add it to .gitignore for that reason