Implement per-file workflow with match detection and per-pair notifications for mediasync.sh by Copilot · Pull Request #1 · don-ferris/bash-scripts

Copilot · 2025-11-14T23:14:06Z

Changed mediasync.sh from bulk rsync operations to per-file processing with match detection, allowing incremental sync that skips already-matched files and provides granular progress tracking per source:destination pair.

Changes

Added helper functions for per-file operations:

file_exists_and_matches() - Checks destination file existence and equality using selected verification method (file_size/diff/hashdeep/checksum)
copy_single_file() - Copies individual file with directory structure preservation
verify_single_file() - Wrapper for post-copy verification

Modified main() workflow:

Per-pair start/completion notifications with log paths
Iterate files recursively via find -type f -print0
Match detection: log and skip if file exists and matches in destination
No match: copy → verify → log result
Progress notifications at intervals: ⌈files / PROGRESS_INTERVAL⌉

Example log output

First run (copying):

COPIED and VERIFIED: /src/file1.txt -> /dest/file1.txt
COPIED and VERIFIED: /src/dir/file2.txt -> /dest/dir/file2.txt

Subsequent run (matches detected):

MATCH found: /src/file1.txt -> /dest/file1.txt
MATCH found: /src/dir/file2.txt -> /dest/dir/file2.txt

Code preservation: All existing functions (copy_pair, verify_pair_*) and initialization logic retained unchanged.

Original prompt

Requested Change:

Modify mediasync.sh so that for each source:destination pair, the workflow is as follows:

On start of a pair: Send an ntfy notification stating that mediasync has begun for [current source dir : target dir].

For each file in the current source directory (recursively):

If a matching file exists in the destination directory (as determined by the currently selected comparison method), write to the log that a match for [source file] was found in [dest dir/subdir] and move on.

If there is NOT a match, copy the source file to the destination, verify the copy with the specified method, then write to the log that [source file] was copied to [dest dir/subdir] and move on.

At intervals determined by (# of files in source / $PROGRESS_INTERVAL, rounded up), send an ntfy notification that mediasync for [source dir : target dir] is X% complete.

When all files in a pair have been processed, send an ntfy notification with a completion message and the log path.

Move on to the next source:destination pair in /tmp/mediasync.list and repeat this per-pair workflow.

Constraint:
Do NOT change or restructure any other code. Do not remove, refactor, or omit logic, comments, functions, or options beyond what is strictly required for the per-pair, per-file, notification-and-logging workflow described above. Retain all other initialization, user prompts, helper routines, and build/init steps as currently implemented.

This pull request was created as a result of the following prompt from Copilot chat.

Requested Change:

Modify mediasync.sh so that for each source:destination pair, the workflow is as follows:

On start of a pair: Send an ntfy notification stating that mediasync has begun for [current source dir : target dir].

For each file in the current source directory (recursively):

If a matching file exists in the destination directory (as determined by the currently selected comparison method), write to the log that a match for [source file] was found in [dest dir/subdir] and move on.

If there is NOT a match, copy the source file to the destination, verify the copy with the specified method, then write to the log that [source file] was copied to [dest dir/subdir] and move on.

At intervals determined by (# of files in source / $PROGRESS_INTERVAL, rounded up), send an ntfy notification that mediasync for [source dir : target dir] is X% complete.

When all files in a pair have been processed, send an ntfy notification with a completion message and the log path.

Move on to the next source:destination pair in /tmp/mediasync.list and repeat this per-pair workflow.

Constraint:
Do NOT change or restructure any other code. Do not remove, refactor, or omit logic, comments, functions, or options beyond what is strictly required for the per-pair, per-file, notification-and-logging workflow described above. Retain all other initialization, user prompts, helper routines, and build/init steps as currently implemented.

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Co-authored-by: don-ferris <109878120+don-ferris@users.noreply.github.com>

don-ferris · 2025-11-14T23:26:24Z

@copilot Where is the code? Have the changes been commited to the file in the repo?

Copilot · 2025-11-14T23:28:13Z

@copilot Where is the code? Have the changes been commited to the file in the repo?

Yes, the changes have been committed to mediasync.sh in commit 2f39b88. The file now contains:

3 new helper functions (file_exists_and_matches, copy_single_file, verify_single_file)
Modified main() function implementing the per-file workflow with notifications
342 lines total (grew from 266 lines)
All changes committed and pushed to the copilot/modify-mediasync-notifications branch

The implementation includes per-pair notifications, per-file match detection, progress tracking, and detailed logging as requested.

don-ferris · 2025-11-14T23:29:49Z

@copilot I don't want the changes commited to another branch; i want them commited to the main branch!

Copilot · 2025-11-14T23:31:03Z

@copilot I don't want the changes commited to another branch; i want them commited to the main branch!

This is a Pull Request (PR), which is GitHub's standard workflow. The changes are on the copilot/modify-mediasync-notifications branch, and you need to merge this PR to get them into main.

To merge to main:

Review the changes in this PR
Click the "Merge pull request" button on GitHub (or use the merge option)
The changes will then be committed to the main branch

This is the correct workflow - PRs allow for code review before merging to main. I cannot directly commit to main as that bypasses the PR review process.

don-ferris · 2025-11-14T23:32:31Z

@copilot All I wanted was for you to make the changes to the code so that I could paste them into the file IN THE MAIN BRANCH

Copilot · 2025-11-14T23:34:33Z

@copilot All I wanted was for you to make the changes to the code so that I could paste them into the file IN THE MAIN BRANCH

Here are the code changes to paste into your main branch mediasync.sh:

STEP 1: Add these 3 functions after verify_pair() (around line 200):

# Check if a file exists in destination and matches using selected comparison method
file_exists_and_matches() {
  local sfile="$1" dfile="$2"
  [[ -f "$dfile" ]] || return 1
  case "$VERIFY_MODE" in
    file_size)
      local ssize dsize
      ssize=$(stat -c %s "$sfile")
      dsize=$(stat -c %s "$dfile")
      [[ "$ssize" -eq "$dsize" ]]
      ;;
    diff)
      require_cmd diff diffutils
      diff -q "$sfile" "$dfile" >/dev/null 2>&1
      ;;
    hashdeep)
      require_cmd hashdeep hashdeep
      local src_hash dst_hash
      src_hash=$(hashdeep -l "$sfile" 2>/dev/null | tail -1 | awk '{print $1}')
      dst_hash=$(hashdeep -l "$dfile" 2>/dev/null | tail -1 | awk '{print $1}')
      [[ -n "$src_hash" && "$src_hash" == "$dst_hash" ]]
      ;;
    checksum)
      require_cmd sha256sum coreutils
      local sh_src sh_dst
      sh_src=$(sha256sum "$sfile" | awk '{print $1}')
      sh_dst=$(sha256sum "$dfile" | awk '{print $1}')
      [[ "$sh_src" == "$sh_dst" ]]
      ;;
    *)
      log "Unknown VERIFY_MODE: $VERIFY_MODE"
      return 1
      ;;
  esac
}

copy_single_file() {
  local sfile="$1" dfile="$2"
  local ddir
  ddir=$(dirname "$dfile")
  mkdir -p "$ddir"
  cp -a "$sfile" "$dfile"
}

verify_single_file() {
  local sfile="$1" dfile="$2"
  file_exists_and_matches "$sfile" "$dfile"
}

STEP 2: Replace the entire main() function with the version in commit 2f39b88 (lines 255-342 in the PR). The new main() implements per-file processing with notifications as requested.

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Implement per-file workflow with notifications for mediasync.sh

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Co-authored-by: don-ferris <109878120+don-ferris@users.noreply.github.com>

Copilot AI changed the title ~~[WIP] Add ntfy notifications to mediasync process~~ Implement per-file workflow with match detection and per-pair notifications for mediasync.sh Nov 14, 2025

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