MacOS Directory Sync

Tool designed for keeping a remote directory in sync with a git repository in a local directory. This is useful for developing code locally and syncing with a web server, similar to WinSCP. Note that the contents of the entire source directory is synced into the destination directory but directories can be excluded by modifying the EXCLUDES array. For example, given the following source directory:

source/file1.php
source/file2.php
source/lib/library.php

The command directory-sync.sh -i -s `pwd` -d /var/www/html will result in the following files in the destination directory:

/var/www/html/file1.php
/var/www/html/file2.php
/var/www/html/lib/library.php

Based on boneskull/hook-line-and-syncer.

Requires

brew install fswatch

Usage

directory-sync -s *source-dir* -d *destination** [-i] [-l *log-file*] [-e *excludes-file*] [-r *remote-shell*]
Where:
    -d The destination (local directory or remote location).
    -s The source directory. The contents of the directory will be synced, not the directory itself.
    -r Optional remote shell to use for rsync. Useful for specifying an alternate ssh port.
    -i Perform an initial sync before enabling the file watcher on the source directory.
    -l rsync log file

Examples

Perform an initial sync of the current directory and any subsequent changes to another local directory:

directory-sync.sh -i -s source/ -d /var/www/html

Sync only changes to the "source" directory to a remote host

directory-sync.sh -s source/ -d remotehost.com:/var/www/html

Perform an initial sync of the current directory and any subsequent changes to a remote server:

directory-sync.sh -s `pwd` -d remotehost.com:/var/www/html -i

Perform an initial sync of the current directory and any subsequent changes to a remote server using ssh on port 1027:

directory-sync.sh -s `pwd` -d remotehost.com:/var/www/html -r 'ssh -p 1027' -i