a qn about synchronize features

[phanirithvij]

func syncReposFromFS () {
  gists, err := db.GetAllGistsRows()
  for range gists {
    // if repository does not exist, delete gist from database
    if _, err := os.Stat(git.RepositoryPath(gist.User.Username, gist.Uuid)); err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {
      if err2 := gist.Delete(); {}
    }
  }

I read this as cleanup unknown gists in db

But synchronize gists from filesystem means the following ideally.

I clone a github gist for eg. in opengist-home/repos/{user}/{gistid} as a bare repo, then synchronize should add it to db. (i.e. the index and import feature on the backend as supposted to from the UI #208)

similarly sync from db is actually cleanup unknown gists in filesystem

[thomiceli]

You're right, it's not really a good semantic atm. We should change something like cleanup unknown gists in filesystem

[jpmens]

I also was tricked into thinking I could clone a bare repository into $opengist-home/repo/user/ and have it "synced" into Opengist.

FWIW, the reason I was trying this: I'd like to synchronize the repository directory across to a laptop which can use the same repo with a distinct Openbist SQLite3 database for taking along.