steelbrain / steelbrain/node-ssh

Question: Any way to skip unmodified files from being uploaded to server?

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Description

Thanks for creating this package. I'm using it to upload files to my server when I'm deploying my site.

I've found that it takes longer and longer to deploy the files as the amount of files on my project grows. Is there a way to perhaps skip uploading files that are already on the server and that haven't changed? I'd imagine this would cut down on the files being uploaded and would make deployments a lot faster.

This may be out of the scope of the package, but just wanted to ask to see if anyone had any ideas or information on how they usually handle this case.

Thanks in advance!

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Start by reviewing the package's upload functionality and the existing issue discussion. Determine whether the current API exposes enough information to compare local and remote files, and define what behavior would count as skipping an unchanged upload.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
devops
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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