nocloud 🔄🚫☁️

iCloud nosync cli

What is nocloud?

Firstly a WIP or quick POC. nocloud pretends to solve the problem of syncing files with iCloud that might need to follow any given name convention. I’m 👀 at you node_modules folder 😅.

How does it work?

iCloud, as today, will ignore any file or folder ending in .nosync when syncing to the ☁️. Knowing that, nocloud does the following:

1. Renames any given files or directories, adding the extension .nosync.
2. Creates a symbolic link with the original name to the renamed one.

Usage

Clone or download nocloud.sh

Make it executable by running:

$ chmod +x nocloud.sh

or install it globally by running:

$ install nocloud.sh /usr/local/bin/nocloud

Stop syncing any file or folder by running:

$ nocloud <name-of-the-file-or-folder>

Example If you dont want to sync your (>200MB) node_modules folder:

$ nocloud node_modules

Tests

• Moves to *.nosync and creates a symbolic link with the original name
  • Works for directories
  • Works for files

TODO

• Add exit codes
• Undo the - removes the symbolyc link, then removes .nosync extension
• Check conflicts
• Allow multiple arguments
• Allow file patterns
• TDD in bash 😅
• Add silent mode 🤫
• Create the the actual cli
• Add prettier for bash. Is this feasible? 😅
• Publish to homebrew formulas
• semantic-release - will it blend? 👩‍🍳 It did blend!

not that FAQ

Q: Why is there a package.json file in a bash project, I see no JavaScript?

A: Why? Why not 😜! package.json holds the release script with semantic-release and some info about the project, like the actual version. JavaScript everywhere! Even whenever the project it’s not a JS one 😎

🙏 Thanks

Logo inspiration:

• Sync by ProSymbols from the Noun Project
• Cloud by Kumar from the Noun Project