So, Adopt one as the project standard.
Understand where I’m coming from. There’s already an initial host somewhere. So when I’m adding my device, I’m a secondary user. I’m adding my device to the network. So when I first add my local device (not the remote one), I still have to add my local device with the “+ Add Device” button. Why not autopopulate that ID from the local host?
The device ID at least tells you where to go find the Device ID under “Actions > Show ID”.
But with the Folder ID. you’re left hanging. You’re left wondering if you’ve chosen the right name or if it’s suppose to be some sort of UUID that is generated like the Device ID.
Sorry, we’re sharing the same language for two different concerns. I’ll use “directory” when I mean local hard drive folder.
When my administrator authorized my device it added a new Syncthing folder called “default” but as a user, I wasn’t able to specify the local directory where the Syncthing folder was to sync to.
I have a D drive for data. My C drive is a smaller SSD that I don’t want to populate with data.
I ended up deleting the folder with the hopes of re-adding it with a new local directory path but now I’m worried that if I add it with the same (syncthing) Folder ID, I’m going to accidentally wipe out the server folder directory. (it’s probably not set to “master” because I’m expected to contribute to the folder).
After looking on this forum, it seems the only way to change the location of the local directory for a Folder is by modifying a config file. This is bad UX.