Basic script to sync a local project with a remote server

sync-with-remote.bash

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later

######### NOTE: HOW TO USE #########################################
# $ bash sync-with-remote.bash <path to .(git)ignore file> <local path to watch for>


set -euEo pipefail
# set -x  # show every command being executed, used for debug

##### Constants
######### NOTE: YOU NEED TO CHANGE THESE ###########################
remote_path_prefix="nesaean:/project/ali"  # Prefix to use for remote rsync command arg
watcher_match_regex=".*((\.(cu|cuh|cc|hh|sh|md|c|h|inc|py|bash))|(CMakeLists\.txt)|(CMakePresets\.json))$" # Only watch for file paths matching regex
function cut_path_postfix() {
    local i=5 # !!!!!!!!CHANGE-ME: Change based on your path on remote, experiment with it.!!!!!!!
    ret=$(echo $* | cut -d/ -f-1,${i}-) 
    echo "$ret"
}

##### Process argv
src_path="$(realpath $2)"
gitignore_path="$(realpath $1)"

##### Watch src_path directory for events
echo Watching started on "$src_path"
inotifywait -qmre modify,create,move "${src_path}" --format '%w%f%0' \
            --no-newline --includei "${watcher_match_regex}" |\
    while IFS= read -r -d '' file
    do
        # Copy the file that was just changed
        echo "${file}" # FOR DEBUG
        remote_path_postfix="$(echo ${file} | cut_path_postfix)"
        dst_path="${remote_path_prefix}${remote_path_postfix}"
        echo $dst_path
        rsync -urvPz --exclude-from="${gitignore_path}" "${file}" "${dst_path}" # FIXME: This doesn't mkdir on remote
        echo "----------------------------------------"
    done