Syncfiles - Easily rsync WordPress theme files

Easily rsync WordPress theme files up and down from your local machine to your remote server, using a function named syncfiles.

Features

• Loads a syncfiles.zsh file from the current folder, which sets some variables that are specific for that site, eg:
  • user (cPanel username)
  • host (domain name)
  • the remote base directory (eg public_html/)
  • the theme slug (eg themename)
  • the rsync arguments (eg -avzP)
  • excluded files and folders (preprocessor files, backup files, etc.)
• Optional arguments/flags:
  • Do a dry run
    • -d | --dry | --dryrun | --dry-run
    • Dry-run is more critical than syncing downwards, so gets the -d
  • Specify a specific pattern
    • -o=* | --only=*
    • Wildcards need escaped
    • ⚠️ Empty folders will downloaded. Not figured out how to avoid that.
    • Example usage:
      • syncfiles --down --only=\*.php
      • syncfiles --down --only=navigation.js
  • Specify that you want to sync downwards
    • --down | --pull
    • For when files are on the server and you don't have them locally.
  • Specify that you want to sync upwards
    • --up | --push
    • This is the default behaviour
  • Include the /acf-json/ folder
    • --inc-acf
  • Override the main arguments
    • -a=* | --args=*
    • https://devhints.io/rsync
  • Specify the SSH port
    • -p=* | --port=*
    • Rarely non-default, always port 22 on ProISP
  • Sync the WordPress uploads folder
    • --uploads
    • Changes to uploads folder and syncs it in the direction chosen.
  • Sync the WordPress plugins folder
    • --plugins
    • Changes to plugins folder and syncs it in the direction chosen.
  • Debug
    • --debug
    • Echo the full string just so we can check it, nothing fancy.

Requirements

You must have authorised your SSH key on the remote machine.

To-do

• Delete twenty-x themes, hello dolly, and akismet
• Automatically set WordPress' environment