deploy.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Text file holding filenames and folders to be excluded
excluded_files="excluded_files.txt"

# Use the current directory as the source folder
source_folder="."

# Check if the destination folder argument is provided
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
  echo "Usage: $0 <destination_folder>"
  exit 1
fi

# Set the destination folder variable to the first argument
destination_folder="$1"

# Check if destination folder exists
if [[ ! -d "$destination_folder" ]]; then
    echo "Error: destination folder not found."
    exit 1
fi

# Check if exclude file exists
if [[ ! -f "$excluded_files" ]]; then
    echo "-- Warning --"
    echo "$excluded_files not found."
    echo "Copying all files..."
    exclude_option=""
else
    exclude_option="--exclude-from=$excluded_files"
fi

# Use rsync to copy files, only those changed since last deploy
rsync -avz --progress --delete --update --checksum "$source_folder/" "$destination_folder/" $exclude_option