Merge pull request #86 from laggingreflex/fix/75_lost-connections

feat: forceReconnect

README.md

@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ Flag that will turn on or off encrypted sync messages.
 
 When true, this will tell `sicksync` to follow and sync files and folders that are symlinked. Defaults to `false` in setup.
 
+`forceReconnect: {boolean}`
+
+When true, this will tell `sicksync` to force reconnect in case of "close" event (default false). In case of "error" event it still reconnects regardless of this option.
+
 ## Migrating to from 1.x to 2.x
 
 2.x introduces a number of new and breaking changes. It's worthwhile to upgrade, as sicksync now has better reliabitiliy, new functionality, and extensibility in 2.x. Aside from command-line changes, sicksync 2.x also introduces a breaking config change as well. Below are the steps you'll need to run in order to migrate to sicksync 2.x:

src/local/index.js

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ function startProject(config, projectConf) {
     websocketPort: projectConf.websocketPort,
     secret: secret,
     prefersEncrypted: projectConf.prefersEncrypted,
+    forceReconnect: projectConf.forceReconnect,
   });
 
     // WS events

src/local/ws-client.js

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export class WSClient extends EventEmitter {
     this._hostname = params.hostname;
     this._webSocketPort = params.websocketPort;
     this._username = params.username;
+    this._forceReconnect = params.forceReconnect;
 
     this._startDevBox();
     this._reconnect();
@@ -38,8 +39,15 @@ export class WSClient extends EventEmitter {
   _connect() {
     this._ws = new WebSocket('ws://' + this._hostname + ':' + this._webSocketPort);
     this._ws.on('open', _.partial(this.emit.bind(this), wsEvents.READY));
-    this._ws.on('close', this._handleDisconnect.bind(this));
     this._ws.on('error', this._reconnect.bind(this));
+    this._ws.on('close', () => {
+      if (this._forceReconnect) {
+        this._startDevBox();
+        this._reconnect();
+      } else {
+        this._handleDisconnect();
+      }
+    });
   }
 
   _handleDisconnect() {

src/project-helper.js

@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ export const add = (config) => {
       default: 'no',
       before: util.toBoolean,
     },
+    forceReconnect: {
+      description: 'Should sicksync force reconnect on "close"?',
+      default: 'no',
+      before: util.toBoolean,
+    },
   };
 
   if (_.isUndefined(config.debug)) {