driveignore

This simple cli tools works together with the google drive sync allowing you to have .driveignore files. Driveignore uses hardlinks, meaning no files duplicates, no repetitive cli calls, and blazing fast 'upload' speeds.

installing

grab an executable from the release tab
add it to PATH
install google drive sync

install golang
run the go get github.com/shilangyu/driveignore command
install google drive sync

Done! You will now have driveignore as a command in your terminal.

how to use

You can get all the help about each command by using the --help (-h) flag.

Create an empty folder and add it to the google drive watch list
Create a .driveignore the same way you would a .gitignore in the root of a directory you wish to sync
run driveignore upload [path to your folder from step 1]. The current working directory will be cloned to the drive folder with respect to the .driveignore blacklist

And you're done! Google drive will take care of the rest, which is syncing the files to the cloud. Once a file has been uploaded through driveignore upload you wont have to upload it again, google drive will listen to changes because the 'uploaded' files are hardlinks.

global vs local .driveignore

You can create a global .driveignore using the driveignore global (it will print the path to it), that way if you want to upload a directory without a .driveignore the global one will be used. You can also force a merge of local and global .driveignore during upload using the --mergeIgnores flag.

help output

This simple cli allows you to have .driveignore(s)
It will look for a .driveignore, ignore the specified files
and make a hard link of your files to your drivesync folder
meaning no files duplicates, and no repetitive cli calls.

Usage:
  driveignore [command]

Available Commands:
  clean       Cleans your drive sync folder from old files
  diff        Compares your directory with the drive one
  global      Get the path to your global .driveignore
  help        Help about any command
  unify       Unifies 2 directories where input is the source
  upload      Upload a directory to your drive folder

Flags:
  -h, --help      help for driveignore
      --verbose   Prints out whats happening

Use "driveignore [command] --help" for more information about a command.

linux? 😢

There is no drive sync for linux:

There is no Drive app for Linux at this time. Please use Drive on the web and on your mobile devices.

JakubKoralewski / driveignore