Total Commander

I would gladly see a way to add some folders to a "ignore" list so they won't be transferred by FTP or compared using synchronize option.

I'm thinking about folders like ".git" or "node_modules", which shouldn't be normally transferred or compared but are, which takes usually a lot of time.

I know - there's an option: Configuration -> Operation -> Ignore List - but then it totally hides those folders even from showing which is not what is needed.

I see this work like the above Configuration -> Operation -> Ignore List (where you can add just folder names, no paths) but with an option to show them but not include in file transfers or synchronization.

In Synchronize dirs, you can ignore files and/or folders with the wildcard box between the two paths. They need to be put behind a vertical line |. This is used because it cannot appear in file names. Example:
*.* | .git\ node_modules\
will ignore all folders named .git or node_modules anywhere in the searched locations. The backslash is needed for folders.

Little hacky solution but works fine - thanks for a quick answer!