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Syncthing actually works pretty well when you have a tool that automatically resolves sync conflicts: https://discuss.logseq.com/t/automatically-merge-syncthing-c...

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I'm using Syncthing to keep in sync between a desktop and two Android phones over tailscale, and it works pretty good, but I have to occasionally open the Syncthing app on Android to "bump" it and get it to sync. It's in a git repo (which syncthing handles great even though there are some older posts online telling you not to do that), and on the desktop I can review and "sanity check" stuff and then commit it to ensure it is safe. Overall a good solution.

Why not exclude the .git directory from being synced, if you're not going to be committing on your mobile devices? This is what I do.

> .. I have to occasionally open the Syncthing app on Android to "bump" it and get it to sync.

Almost the same with me.

Turning WIFI off and on again is easier on my Android, it triggers syncthing to sync. But that might also require you to have set the run conditions of syncthing accordingly.

The great thing about syncthing is that it has public relays.

I'm using syncthing with Obsidian but of course i have regular conflicts which i just deal with manually. Thanks for pointing me to this!

FWIW, I get sync conflicts with Obsidian Sync pretty regularly. They're always pretty minor and not worth complaining about, but they happen nonetheless, and it may not be entirely SyncThing's fault.

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