Script to watch for changes in a directory and push files to a remote server. Add to /usr/local/bin for easy access (either directly or as a symlink from your home directory).

rsync-watch.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
"""Monitor a directory and rsync to a remote host on file change.

Example usage:
    ./rsync-watch.sh pi@raspberrypi.local . /home/pi/myproject
"""

RED=`tput setaf 1`
GREEN=`tput setaf 2`
YELLOW=`tput setaf 3`
CYAN=`tput setaf 6`
RESET=`tput sgr0`

EXCLUDE=(".git*" ".vscode" "*__pycache__/" "*.pyc" ".pytest_cache" ".coverage*" "*.egg-info/" ".sql")

# Parametrizee exclusions
exclude_opts=()
for item in "${EXCLUDE[@]}"; do
    exclude_opts+=( --exclude="$item" )
done

run_rsync() {
    rsync -avz $SOURCE_DIR $HOSTNAME:$REMOTE_DIR "${exclude_opts[@]}"
    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
      echo "${GREEN}Last sync: $(date)${RESET}"
    else
      echo "${RED}Error syncing: $(date)${RESET}"
    fi
    echo ""
}

HOSTNAME=$1
SOURCE_DIR=$2
REMOTE_DIR=$3

if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    echo "Please enter a hostname (i.e. 'pi@raspberrypi.local')"
    exit 1
elif [ -z "$2" ]; then
    echo "Please enter a source directory (e.g. '.' for the current directory)"
    exit 1
elif [ -z "$3" ]; then
    echo "Please enter a remote directory (e.g. '/home/pi/myproject')"
    exit 1
fi

echo "${YELLOW}Syncing source '$SOURCE_DIR' to remote '$REMOTE_DIR' at '$HOSTNAME'${RESET}"

run_rsync

if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
    while inotifywait -r -e modify,create,delete,move $SOURCE_DIR; do
        run_rsync
    done
elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
    fswatch -o $SOURCE_DIR | while read f; do run_rsync; done
fi