rsync bash script to simplify the process (supporting .gitignore, etc...)

rsync-auto

#!/bin/bash

helpFunction()
{
   echo ""
   echo "Usage: $0 -s source -d destination"
   echo -e "\t-s Source folder"
   echo -e "\t-d Destination folder"
   echo ""
   echo -e "Notes:\t- All files in .gitignore will be ignored"
   echo -e "\t- All files in .rsyncignore will be ignored"
   echo -e "\t- All files in .rsyncinclude will be included"
   echo -e "\t  Used for including the files which listed in .gitignore"
   exit 1 # Exit script after printing help
}

while getopts "s:d:" opt
do
   case "$opt" in
      s ) source="$OPTARG" ;;
      d ) destination="$OPTARG" ;;
      ? ) helpFunction ;; # Print helpFunction in case parameter is non-existent
   esac
done

# Print helpFunction in case parameters are empty
if [ -z "$source" ] || [ -z "$destination" ]
then
   echo "Some or all of the parameters are empty";
   helpFunction
fi

# Begin script in case all parameters are correct
rsync -avz --delete --include-from="$source/.rsyncinclude" --filter=":- $source/.gitignore" --filter=":- $source/.rsyncignore" $source/ $destination