I just installed Syncthing on both my Linux box and android phone, to sync two types of files: my notes (located on the laptop) and photos (located on the phone) between them.
I started with notes, from Syncthing web GUI on the laptop I added a new folder, I wrote the path of my folder notes inside Folder Path filed, give it a label, and select my phone to share with it.
My phone is able now to see that folder and receive a copy of its files, BUT Syncthing makes another copy of those file on my laptop inside Sync folder.
So right now I have two copies of my notes on the laptop, one on their original path, and another inside Sync folder. This seems a strange behavior for me, what if I’m going to select another folder to sync with 10 GB, I’ll end up with 20 on the laptop?
My money is on more than one folder setup somewhere. Possibly with auto accept enabled for a device on the laptop so you have multiple shares of the same content going to different destinations.
I figured out the problem. The default folder on my laptop is ~/Sync, and it linked with another folder called Sync on my phone. At this point, there was no problem.
When I added my ~/Doc/Notes folder from the laptop to a Syncthing list, my phone asked me if I want to accept the new sharing folder, and when I was asked to select a path for it, I create one called Notesinside Sync on Android!
so when I returned to ~/Sync on the laptop I surprised why I have Notes inside it
