Source Synchronizer is a powerful plugin for performing one-way file synchronization for PhpStorm, IntelliJ IDEA and Pycharm projects. It synchronizes the remote target so that it will match your local project. It features SFTP, SCP, FTP and FTPS protocol support.
sourcesync pluging can be found at: http://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7374?pr=idea_ce
Details about how to install a plugin from JetBrains plugin repository can be found at: http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/webhelp/installing-updating-and-uninstalling-repository-plugins.html
sourcesync is pretty easy to use. First of all you need to configure a remote connection so that the plugin will know where to sync the files. To do so please access the Tools menu, and then Source Sync like in the below picture:
Hit Add to create connections or remove them:
After you are done creating/editing the connection, hit Apply in order to save the configurations and then OK to exit the window.
Now - after you created the configuration you need to specify which connection you want to use for the current project. For that matter please select you project in your Project View (Alt + 1 shortcut to bring the view forward) and then right click on the desired project and select Project Connection Configuration
Now that you have done this step you are up and ready to sync files. Just right click on the project, module, or even on a opened file. You will be presented with three options like in the below screenshot:
The plugin support passwordless SSH for both SFTP and SCP connections. In order to take full advantage of this feature you are advised to create a pair of public/private keys on your local machine - where IntelliJ or PyCharm IDE resides. Then copy the public key on every remote host you will connect to:
Eg:scp ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub my_user_id@remote_hostname_or_IP:~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub
After this step is done, you should open a ssh shell to the remote machine where you will be prompted to authorize the key. Next you should open the config window and create a new SFTP connection. Then just like in the bellow picture, select Use SSH key and then browse and select the generated private key.
Also don't forget to set the username to connect on the remote machine.
Any support is graciously accepted :)
Sync this file to remote target is only present on opened file and it will sync just that file to the remote machine.
Sync changed files to remote target will upload version tracked files that are changed but not yet committed.
Sync selected files to remote target this one is pretty straight forward. It will upload just the selected files.
- If SCP protocol is used, please take note that this type of connection can only sync the file, it cannot create the entire directory tree where the file will be saved. Thus you need to have the tree created. This is not a bug of sourcesync. SCP is not a file protocol like FTP. It's only purpose is to transfer files.
- For FTP and FTPS preserving timestamp is not yet supported. This is a work in progress.
- Windows 7
- GNU/Linux based OS's
- OS X 10.11
sourcesync is licensed under MIT License. Please take a look at the LICENSE file for more informations.
Bugs can be reported at:
https://github.com/fioan89/sourcesync/issues
You can find me at the follwoing email address: fioan89 at gmail dot com