Tips and tricks

#!/bin/zsh
set -euo pipefail

# launchd has a minimal PATH; add Homebrew
export PATH="/opt/homebrew/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"

WATCH_DIR="/Users/raduh/Dropbox/hosts/devsite/projects/FoodPlanner"

IGNORE_BASENAMES=(
  "node_modules"
  "dist"
  "build"
)

FSWATCH="/opt/homebrew/bin/fswatch"
XATTR="/usr/bin/xattr"
DATE="/bin/date"

echo "$($DATE) Starting Dropbox ignore watcher"
echo "$($DATE) WATCH_DIR=$WATCH_DIR"
echo "$($DATE) fswatch=$FSWATCH"

"$FSWATCH" -0 -r "$WATCH_DIR" | while IFS= read -r -d "" event
do
  if [ -d "$event" ]; then
    folder_name="$(basename "$event")"

    for name in "${IGNORE_BASENAMES[@]}"; do
      if [[ "$folder_name" == "$name" ]]; then
        if ! "$XATTR" -p com.dropbox.ignored "$event" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
          echo "$($DATE) Ignoring: $event"
          "$XATTR" -w com.dropbox.ignored 1 "$event" 2>/dev/null || true
        fi
      fi
    done
  fi
done