Copy Git Repo
1 - Context
This is a small convenience Python CLI package.
If, like me, you
- have your git repo is located inside a GoogleDrive or a Dropbox on you computer
- use npm/yarn frequently
then each npm/yarn install typically
- downloads thousands of files
- which triggers a massive sync operation
- which sends your laptop fan spinning and battery nosediving..
To avoid that you need put your local repo outside the synced drives.
There is not .googledriveignore or .dropboxignore - as far as I know.
But it may convenient to keep just the source code synced.
This small package helps copy all folders and files not matched by the .gitignore file from one directory to another.
WARNING:
- Only top level .igitignore is taken into account.
- node_modules/ folders at any level are ignored.
2 - Installation
To install:
$ pip install copy_git_repo3 - User Guide
To use it:
$ copy-repo --help
Usage: copy-repo [OPTIONS] <source> <destination>
This script copies folder <source> which must be a git repo (i.e.
containing a .gitignore file) to folder <destination>. Only those files
not mentionned in .gitignore are copied.
If <overwrite> is set the <destination> folder contents are overwritten.
Options:
-ow, --overwrite Overwrite dst folder if exists
--help Show this message and exit.Example:
# Copy current directory to another location
# Only files not matched by .gitignore are copied
# .git folder not copied
$ copy-repo -ow . /Users/Olivier/Documents/dev/test-zone/copied-repo
source = /Users/Olivier/Documents/dev/my-repo
destination = /Users/Olivier/Documents/dev/test-zone/my-repo-copied
src is a git repo ? True
destination folder will be created
make copy
done
# Overwrite
$ copy-repo -ow . /Users/Olivier/Documents/dev/test-zone/copied-repo
source = /Users/Olivier/Documents/dev/my-repo
destination = /Users/Olivier/Documents/dev/test-zone/my-repo-copied
src is a git repo ? True
destination folder exists
overwrite ? [y/N]: y
make copy
done
# Include .git folder
$ copy-repo -g . /Users/Olivier/Documents/dev/test-zone/copied-repo
source = /Users/Olivier/Documents/dev/my-repo
destination = /Users/Olivier/Documents/dev/test-zone/my-repo-copied
src is a git repo ? True
destination folder will be created
make copy
done4 - Credits
The Click Python package to create CLI interfaces is really flexible and convenient.
Highly recommended !
