From ceeac3bc42f99490e8b0027aa69ab195a843adb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tristan Riehs <tristan.riehs@inria.fr>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2026 12:09:16 +0100
Subject: Rework ftag sync

Use rsync rather than scp or ssh, it is more flexible and closer to what
we want: preserving modification time, copying recursively.
---
 src/main.c | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/main.c')

diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 230b7ed..f9a398a 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <utime.h>
 
 #ifndef FTAG_REMOTE_HOST
 #define FTAG_REMOTE_HOST "localhost"
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@
 
 #ifndef FTAG_REMOTE_ROOT
 /* HOME on remote host */
-#define FTAG_REMOTE_ROOT "."
+#define FTAG_REMOTE_ROOT "ftag"
 #endif
 
 #define DATABASE_PATH (FTAG_ROOT "/ftag.sqlite3")
@@ -1150,62 +1149,42 @@ static void ftag_sync_help(int, char **)
 	puts("  push    update the remote database from the local");
 }
 
-static void ftag_sync_pull(int, char **)
+/* Run rsync to perform either the push or the pull action. If argument PUSH is
+ * non-zero, perform a push, else perform a pull. */
+static void ftag_sync_run_rsync(int push)
 {
-	if (!ftag_sync_is_remote_newer())
-		return;
-	char remote_arg[128];
-	strbuild(remote_arg, "%s:%s/%s",
-		 FTAG_REMOTE_HOST, FTAG_REMOTE_ROOT, "ftag.sqlite3");
+	char remote_root[128];
+	strbuild(remote_root, "%s:%s/",
+		 FTAG_REMOTE_HOST, FTAG_REMOTE_ROOT);
+	char *first = remote_root;
+	char *second = FTAG_ROOT "/";
+	if (push) {
+		first = FTAG_ROOT "/";
+		second = remote_root;
+	}
 	char *cmd[] = {
-		"scp",
-		remote_arg,
-		DATABASE_PATH,
+		"rsync",
+		"--verbose", /* temporary */
+		"--archive",
+		first,
+		second,
 		NULL
 	};
 	ftag_execvp(cmd, 1);
-	time_t remote_mtime = get_remote_mtime();
-	struct utimbuf times = {
-		.actime  = remote_mtime,
-		.modtime = remote_mtime
-	};
-	int rc = utime(DATABASE_PATH, &times);
-	if (rc == -1) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "utime: %s:", DATABASE_PATH);
-		perror("");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
+}
+
+static void ftag_sync_pull(int, char **)
+{
+	if (!ftag_sync_is_remote_newer())
+		return;
+	ftag_sync_run_rsync(0);
 }
 
 static void ftag_sync_push(int, char **)
 {
 	if (!ftag_sync_is_local_newer())
 		return;
-	char remote_arg[128];
-	strbuild(remote_arg, "%s:%s/%s",
-		 FTAG_REMOTE_HOST, FTAG_REMOTE_ROOT, "ftag.sqlite3");
-	char *cmd_scp[] = {
-		"scp",
-		DATABASE_PATH,
-		remote_arg,
-		NULL
-	};
-	ftag_execvp(cmd_scp, 1);
-	time_t local_mtime = get_local_mtime();
-	char mtime_date[64];
-	strbuild(mtime_date, "@%ld", local_mtime);
-	char remote_path[128];
-	strbuild(remote_path, "%s/ftag.sqlite3", FTAG_REMOTE_ROOT);
-	char *cmd_ssh_touch[] = {
-		"ssh",
-		FTAG_REMOTE_HOST,
-		"touch",
-		"--date",
-		mtime_date,
-		remote_path,
-		NULL
-	};
-	ftag_execvp(cmd_ssh_touch, 1);
+	ftag_sync_run_rsync(1);
 }
 
 static void ftag_sync(int argc, char **argv)
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