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Smartscp

A replacement of scp, but auto skip git-ignored files

It's just a wrapper of sshfs and xcp

Install

cargo install --git https://github.com/lengyijun/smartscp --branch sshfs

Usage

smartscp remote-host:path local_path
smartscp local_path remote-host
smartscp local_path remote-host:remote-path

Feature

  1. respect git ignore

git-ignored files will not be scped

  1. auto fill-in the remote path
# auto complete the destination: `remote_host:~/.local/share`
smartscp ~/.local/share remote_host

  1. no -r needed in transferring folder

  2. support interactive password input, but not recommanded

Not supported yet

  1. filename contains ":"

Notice

Not compatible with scp Not compatible with the same parameters as SCP

Q&A

Q: why not use rsync --exclude=

A: rsync doesn't support complicated exclude rules

Q: why not rewrite scp from bottom up ?

A: It's not a trival work

Q: why transfer failed ?

A: remote readonly files exists

Reference

Why scp is bad and difference between scp and sftp