Pypush

Problem

I often work on files that are stored remotely. I can either work on them locally and not have to deal with network latency, or I can work remotely and not need to reupload files every time I change them. Both options are frustrating and leave a lot to be desired.

Solution

Pypush continuously monitors your local directory and immediately uploads any changes you make to your specified remote directory. You can also just make some changes locally, then periodically run pypush to synchronize all those changes to the remote directory.

What sets pypush apart is its real-time sync, and its integration with Git/Mercurial. Any local files ignored (and untracked) by Git/Mercurial will not be pushed to the remote machine.

Requirements

Requires a Unix system - Mac or Linux. May work on Windows with the right tools installed. If you are interested in getting it to work on Windows, open a new issue. The remote machine must have rsync installed.

Installation

Pypush can be installed using pip:

pip install pypush

Or you can use easy_install:

easy_install pypush

Usage

usage: pypush [-h] [-q] [-v] [-s] [-i] [-e] [-a] [-p PORT] [-k]
              [-o SSH_OPTIONS] [--version]
              user@hostname dest

Continuously push changes in the current directory to a remote server. If this
is a Git/Mercurial directory, files that are ignored by Git/Mercurial will not
be pushed.

positional arguments:
  user@hostname         the remote machine (and optional user name) to login
                        to
  dest                  the path to the remote directory to push changes to

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -q, --quiet           quiet mode - do not show output whenever a file
                        changes
  -v, --verbose         verbose mode - run rsync in verbose mode
  -s, --skip-init       skip the initial one-way sync performed on startup
  -i, --show-ignored    print output even when ignored files are created or
                        modified (this flag is overridden by quiet mode)
  -e, --exit-after      exit after the initial sync, i.e. do not monitor the
                        directory for changes
  -a, --include-all     do not ignore any files
  -p PORT, --port PORT  the SSH port to use
  -k, --keep-extra      keep files on the remote that do not exist locally
  -o SSH_OPTIONS, --ssh-options SSH_OPTIONS
                        options to pass on to SSH with the -o flag. This
                        argument may be specified multiple times.
  --version             show program's version number and exit

WARNING: pypush only performs a one-way sync. If you make changes directly on
the remote machine, they may be overwritten at any time by changes made
locally.

Example:

pypush viveksjain@myserver.com '~/www'

Stop pypush by pressing Ctrl+C.

Support/Contact

Open a new issue or email me at hello@vivekja.in.