State means (this means "I mean by using the word state") wheter the feature is activated or not.
To give your the (my) idea: I work with different projects, some of which are cms directory structures, which require the using of the feature "synchronized directory changes" frequently if not constantly, other project doesnt require the featur since the dir structures locally and remotely doesnt match. So i would welcome the possibility of having either a) a config checkbox "synchronized directory changes on/off" or b) a config checkbox ("remember state of synchronized directory changes") for every saved session.
It's just a tiny thing, but it would help me, and perhaps others who work with cms directory structures, save the ever-same extra click to enable the feature on all the cms sessions.