Improved routine to minimise re-uploading, separate non-CircuitPython files, use...

diff --git a/python/upload_feather_m0_watch.py b/python/upload_feather_m0_watch.py
new file mode 100755 (executable)
index 0000000..21c4765
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/upload_feather_m0_watch.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+# Verified on Ubuntu with dependencies...
+# pip3 install watchdog
+# sudo apt install rsync
+import time
+import subprocess
+from watchdog.observers import Observer
+
+# the rsync command intended to selectively upload from the local repo to a feather m0 express
+command = (
+    'rsync '
+    '--recursive --verbose --progress '
+    '--prune-empty-dirs --inplace --times --archive --whole-file '
+    # should already be built-in to circuitpython
+    '--exclude="/board" '
+    '--exclude="/digitalio" '
+    '--exclude="/microcontroller" '
+    # prefer unittest.mpy bytecode
+    '--exclude="/unittest.py" '
+    # should never be used by tests targeting feather m0
+    '--exclude="mcp" '
+    # don't upload upload https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEwW6D0sht0
+    '--exclude="upload_*_watch.py" '
+    # recurse in search
+    '--include="*/" '
+    # filter for python source files and micropython bytecode files
+    '--include="*.py" '
+    '--include="*.mpy" '
+    # exclude everything else
+    '--exclude="*" '
+    # rsync from folder
+    './ '
+    # rsync to folder
+    '/media/cefn/CIRCUITPY '
+)
+
+syncing = False
+
+def sync():
+    """Synchronizes from git repo to Feather filesystem"""
+    global syncing
+    syncing = True
+    subprocess.run(command, shell=True)
+    syncing = False
+
+class ChangeEventHandler:
+    """handler for future filesystem events"""
+    def dispatch(self, event):
+        if not syncing:
+            sync()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sync()
+    handler=ChangeEventHandler() 
+    
+    # set up filesystem monitoring
+    observer = Observer()
+    observer.schedule(handler, ".", recursive=True)
+    observer.start()
+    
+    # await CTRL+C
+    try:
+        while True:
+            time.sleep(1)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        observer.stop()
+    # join daemon thread to shutdown interpreter
+    observer.join()

diff --git a/python/upload_feather_sync.py b/python/upload_feather_sync.py
deleted file mode 100644 (file)
index b3dac48..0000000
--- a/python/upload_feather_sync.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# dependencies
-# pip3 install watchdog
-import time
-import subprocess
-from watchdog.observers import Observer
-
-command = 'rsync --prune-empty-dirs --include="*/" --include="*.py" --exclude="*" --recursive --whole-file --verbose --progress ./ /media/cefn/CIRCUITPY'
-
-syncing = False;
-def sync():
-    syncing = True
-    subprocess.run(command, shell=True)
-    syncing = False
-
-class ChangeEventHandler:
-    def dispatch(self, event):
-        if not syncing:
-            sync()
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    observer = Observer()
-    observer.schedule(ChangeEventHandler(), ".", recursive=True)
-    observer.start()
-    try:
-        while True:
-            time.sleep(1)
-    except KeyboardInterrupt:
-        observer.stop()
-    observer.join()