Python script to rewrite the `use_mac_fileprovider` setting for Google Drive to true to enable File Provider.

change_use_mac_fileprovider.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# see https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/420959/spotlight-indexing-of-google-drive-file-stream-disabled-on-restart/424445#424445 for an explanation
# based on https://gist.github.com/emersonford/85cc74f7f90c81d1b75c3c246124591d

import os
from copy import deepcopy
from math import log
from pathlib import Path

DEBUG = 0
DRIVEFS_PATH = os.environ["HOME"] + "/Library/Application Support/Google/DriveFS"


def print_field(field_num, wire_type, pl, byts):
    if DEBUG:
        print(
            "field",
            field_num,
            ": wire_type",
            wire_type,
            ": payload",
            pl[0] if wire_type != 2 else byts[pl[1] : pl[2]],
            ": byte_size",
            pl[2] - pl[1],
            sep="\t",
        )


# byte -> (byte, byte)
def split_msb(byt):
    return (byt & 0b1000_0000) >> 7, byt & 0b0111_1111


def get_wire_type(varint):
    return varint & 0b111


def get_field_number(varint):
    return varint >> 3


# bytearray -> int
def decode_varint(bytarr, cursor):
    varint = 0
    contbit = 1

    count = 0
    while contbit:
        contbit, val = split_msb(bytarr[cursor + count])
        varint |= val << (count * 7)
        count += 1

    return varint, cursor + count


def decode_fixed(bytarr, cursor, byts):
    val = 0

    for i in range(byts):
        val |= bytarr[cursor] << (i * 8)
        cursor += 1

    return val, cursor


# bytearray, int -> Either (cursor, wire_type, payload) or (wire_type, payload_start, payload_end)
def decode_bytes(bytarr, cursor):
    key, cursor = decode_varint(bytarr, cursor)

    field_num = get_field_number(key)
    wire_type = get_wire_type(key)

    if wire_type in {0, 1, 5}:
        oldcursor = cursor
        val, cursor = (
            decode_varint(bytarr, cursor)
            if wire_type == 0
            else decode_fixed(bytarr, cursor, 8 if wire_type == 1 else 4)
        )
        return field_num, wire_type, cursor, (val, oldcursor, cursor)

    if wire_type == 2:
        length, cursor = decode_varint(bytarr, cursor)
        return field_num, wire_type, cursor + length, (None, cursor, cursor + length)

    raise RuntimeError("Unexpected file format")


def encode_int_to_varint(num, size):
    # get signed version
    retval = 0

    for i in range(size):
        contbit = 0b1000_0000 if i != size - 1 else 0b0000_0000

        val = (0b111_1111 & num) | contbit
        num = num >> 7

        retval = retval << 8
        retval |= val

    return retval.to_bytes(length=size, byteorder="big", signed=False)


def check_valid_file(filebytes):
    try:
        field_num, wire_type, cursor, pl = decode_bytes(filebytes, 0)

        if wire_type != 2 or field_num != 1:
            return False

        cursor = pl[1]
        end_of_struct = pl[2]

        while cursor != end_of_struct:
            field_num, wire_type, cursor, pl = decode_bytes(filebytes, cursor)
            print_field(field_num, wire_type, pl, filebytes)

        field_num, wire_type, cursor, pl = decode_bytes(filebytes, cursor)

        if wire_type != 2 or field_num != 2:
            return False

        cursor = pl[1]
        end_of_struct = pl[2]

        while cursor != end_of_struct:
            field_num, wire_type, cursor, pl = decode_bytes(filebytes, cursor)
            print_field(field_num, wire_type, pl, filebytes)

        if cursor != len(filebytes):
            return False

    except RuntimeError:
        return False

    return True


def get_to_config_field(filebytes):
    field_num, wire_type, cursor, pl = decode_bytes(filebytes, 0)

    if wire_type != 2:
        raise RuntimeError("Unexpected file format")

    if DEBUG:
        print("found first struct with field_num:", field_num, "start:", pl[1])
    cursor = pl[1]

    while field_num != 81:
        field_num, wire_type, cursor, pl = decode_bytes(filebytes, cursor)
        print_field(field_num, wire_type, pl, filebytes)

    return field_num, wire_type, cursor, pl


def from_twos_complement(num):
    return int.from_bytes(
        num.to_bytes(length=8, byteorder="little", signed=False),
        byteorder="little",
        signed=True,
    )


if __name__ == "__main__":
    for file in os.listdir(DRIVEFS_PATH):
        fp = DRIVEFS_PATH + "/" + file + "/core_feature_config"

        if os.path.isfile(fp):
            try:
                with open(fp, "rb") as f:
                    filebytes = bytearray(f.read())

                field_num, wire_type, cursor, pl = get_to_config_field(filebytes)

                print(
                    "Found Google Drive FS Account",
                    file,
                    "with use_mac_fileprovider:",
                    str(from_twos_complement(pl[0])) + "...",
                )
                confirm = input("Enable File Provider for this account (yes/no)? ")

                if confirm != "yes":
                    print("Skipping...")
                    continue

                newfilebytes = deepcopy(filebytes)
                newfilebytes[pl[1] : pl[2]] = encode_int_to_varint(
                    1, pl[2] - pl[1]
                )

                print(
                    "Checking if proposed write to",
                    fp,
                    "is valid... ",
                    end="",
                )
                if not check_valid_file(newfilebytes):
                    print("FAILED!")
                    raise RuntimeError(
                        "Proposed writes are not valid, core_feature_config will not be changed."
                    )
                else:
                    print("OK!")

                print("Writing changes... ", end="")
                with open(fp, "wb") as f:
                    f.write(newfilebytes)
                print("OK!")

            except (OverflowError, RuntimeError) as e:
                print("Failed to process account", file + ":", e)
                continue

    print(">> All accounts processed, done! <<")
    print(
        ">> If any account's port was changed, please quit and relaunch Google Drive. <<"
    )