Hi,
Sorry for being unclear in my description. Here’s what I was trying to say:
syncthing and btsync work almost the same up to the point where the shared folders have been defined.
From there on, syncthing starts syncing the shared folders - it does this by starting to copy all files. Of course, on a target device with less free space than the source size, you eventually run out of space.
btsync, on the other hand, only syncs the folder structure of the source folders, leaving it to you to pick the files or folders that you actually want on the target device, thus avoiding the syncthing problem. Files that are downloaded have check marks against them to indicate local availability. This is nice, but the problem is that in order to see files that you may have synced, you have to browse through the folder structure, folder by folder - which is a pain.
So while we have to maintain the same directory structure on the target device in order to allow full syncing, it would be nice if syncthing could start by only syncing the folder structure (like btsync) and then add the feature where the files that are already synced are listed separately for easy access.
Not sure if I’m any clearer, but hope that helps.