# devsync
Object driven backup tool for developers written in the [Rust
programming language](https://www.rust-lang.org/).

## Rationale
**devsync** is a backup and synchronization tool with focus on
developers directories. It recognizes several specific directory types
and adjust the backup strategy accordingly. So **devsync** will not do
a by-file backup but try to do clever backups of only those files or
data which is necessary to restore the original content. The rationale
is to save storage space and speed up the backup process.

## Session cache
**devsync** will create a '.devsync.session' session file in the
target directory which saves all current options about the sync
session. If started in such a backup directory with session file all
options are read from there if none is given otherwise the session
file is updated.

## Log file
**devsync** will create a '.devsync.log' log file in the target
directory which log entries for runtime errors as well as for each
skipped directory. The logs are dropped when a new session is started.

## Terminal ui
**devsync** can provide a simple terminal interface when started with
'-u'. The ui has a progress bar and also shows you the backup jobs
that are currently running and all runtime issues that happened along
the way.

It will remain active when the backup process has been completed and
waits for a press on 'q' or 'Q' to terminate.

Once the backup process is complete you can navigate through the
runtime log with the arrow up/down and page-up/page-down keys.

## Details
Read the manpage for more information or look at the output of -h.

## Supported directory categories and types
- Special
  - Yocto
  - Sysroot
- Build
  - Cargo
  - CMake
  - Flutter
  - Meson
  - Ninja
- VCS repositories
  - Subversion
  - Git
- Simple - the default