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mutagen — Real-time file synchronization and network forwarding tool. More information: <https://mutagen.io/do

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Problem

How to use the mutagen command: Real-time file synchronization and network forwarding tool. More information: <https://mutagen.io/documentation/introduction/>.

Solution

mutagen — Real-time file synchronization and network forwarding tool. More information: <https://mutagen.io/documentation/introduction/>.

Start a synchronization session between a local directory and a remote host:

mutagen sync create --name={{session_name}} /{{path/to/local_directory}}/ {{user}}@{{host}}:/{{path/to/remote_directory}}/

Start a synchronization session between a local directory and a Docker container:

mutagen sync create --name={{session_name}} /{{path/to/local_directory}}/ docker://{{user}}@{{container_name}}/{{path/to/remote_directory}}/

Stop a running session:

mutagen sync terminate {{session_name}}

Start a project:

mutagen project start

Stop a project:

mutagen project terminate

List running sessions for the current project:

mutagen project list

Code Snippets

Start a synchronization session between a local directory and a remote host

mutagen sync create --name={{session_name}} /{{path/to/local_directory}}/ {{user}}@{{host}}:/{{path/to/remote_directory}}/

Start a synchronization session between a local directory and a Docker container

mutagen sync create --name={{session_name}} /{{path/to/local_directory}}/ docker://{{user}}@{{container_name}}/{{path/to/remote_directory}}/

Stop a running session

mutagen sync terminate {{session_name}}

Start a project

mutagen project start

Stop a project

mutagen project terminate

Context

tldr-pages: common/mutagen

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