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git-ftp: retry, sftp support

From
Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 18, 2011, 02:35 UTC
Message-ID
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René, Timo,

Thanks for git-ftp -- it has saved me from going crazy with low cost hosting setups that only support ftp.

Along the way, I scratched some personal itches; so here are the patches.

One thing I have not been able to fix: it uses one connection per file. This creates significant overhead for large trees, and in some cases it triggers firewalls' DoS countermeasures. An initial attempt at fixing it using ncftpspooler did not pan out. It will probably require rewriting the script in Python or Perl to use libcurl bindings.

[ Unfortunately, I am behind the great fw of china right now, and I can't seem to smtp out via gmail from here. So patches attached. ]

cheers,
martin
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From e193aa15ae0b59296a04dc9910d36c7d9059ff3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org>
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 11:14:50 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add support for --retry parameter -- which gets passed
 along to curl

Makes a difference with unreliable connections and hosts.
---
 git-ftp.sh |   27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git-ftp.sh b/git-ftp.sh
index cfadc5f..5dda3a4 100755
--- a/git-ftp.sh
+++ b/git-ftp.sh
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ OPTIONS:
         -D, --dry-run   Dry run: Does not upload anything
         -a, --all       Uploads all files, ignores deployed SHA1 hash
         -c, --catchup   Updates SHA1 hash without uploading files
+        -r, --retry     Number of retries (see curl manpage)
         -f, --force     Force, does not ask questions
         -v, --verbose   Verbose
         
@@ -123,17 +124,17 @@ upload_file() {
     if [ -z ${dest_file} ]; then
         dest_file=${source_file}
     fi
-    ${CURL_BIN} -T ${source_file} --user ${REMOTE_USER}:${REMOTE_PASSWD} --ftp-create-dirs -# ftp://${REMOTE_HOST}/${REMOTE_PATH}${dest_file}
+    ${CURL_BIN} ${CURL_RETRY} ${CURL_RETRY_INT} -T ${source_file} --user ${REMOTE_USER}:${REMOTE_PASSWD} --ftp-create-dirs -# ftp://${REMOTE_HOST}/${REMOTE_PATH}${dest_file}
 }
 
 remove_file() {
     file=${1}
-    ${CURL_BIN} -s --user ${REMOTE_USER}:${REMOTE_PASSWD} -Q "-DELE ${REMOTE_PATH}${file}" ftp://${REMOTE_HOST} > /dev/null 2>&1
+    ${CURL_BIN} ${CURL_RETRY} ${CURL_RETRY_INT} -s --user ${REMOTE_USER}:${REMOTE_PASSWD} -Q "-DELE ${REMOTE_PATH}${file}" ftp://${REMOTE_HOST} > /dev/null 2>&1
 }
 
 get_file_content() {
     source_file=${1}
-    ${CURL_BIN} -s --user ${REMOTE_USER}:${REMOTE_PASSWD} ftp://${REMOTE_HOST}/${REMOTE_PATH}${source_file}
+    ${CURL_BIN} ${CURL_RETRY} ${CURL_RETRY_INT} -s --user ${REMOTE_USER}:${REMOTE_PASSWD} ftp://${REMOTE_HOST}/${REMOTE_PATH}${source_file}
 }
 
 while test $# != 0
@@ -176,6 +177,22 @@ do
                     ;;
             esac
             ;;
+        -r|--retry*)
+            case "$#,$1" in
+                *,*=*)
+                    CURL_RETRY_INT=`expr "z$1" : 'z-[^=]*=\(.*\)'`
+                    ;;
+                1,*)
+                    usage
+                    ;;
+                *)
+                    if [ ! `echo "${2}" | egrep '^-' | wc -l` -eq 1 ]; then
+                        CURL_RETRY_INT="$2"
+                        shift
+                    fi
+                    ;;
+	    esac
+	    ;;
         -a|--all)
             IGNORE_DEPLOYED=1
             ;;
@@ -309,6 +326,10 @@ write_log "Host is '${REMOTE_HOST}'"
 write_log "User is '${REMOTE_USER}'"
 write_log "Path is '${REMOTE_PATH}'"
 
+if [ -n "$CURL_RETRY_INT" ];then
+    CURL_RETRY='--retry'
+fi
+
 DEPLOYED_SHA1=""
 if [ ${IGNORE_DEPLOYED} -ne 1 ]; then
     # Get the last commit (SHA) we deployed if not ignored or not found
-- 
1.7.6



From c2bbf06d43bfb4fd0df461f09ccd0dd895282d04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org>
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 12:57:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add sftp support

curl already does the heavy lifting. This is non-ideal
in that it passes the password around in the cmdline.

This is shell however -- almost anything we do with a password means
passing params around in horrifying ways.

Pending: a way to use ssh keys.
---
 git-ftp.sh |   17 +++++++++--------
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git-ftp.sh b/git-ftp.sh
index 5dda3a4..9c57e4d 100755
--- a/git-ftp.sh
+++ b/git-ftp.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ DESCRIPTION:
 
 URL:
         .   default     host.example.com[:<port>][/<remote path>]
-        .   FTP         ftp://host.example.com[:<port>][/<remote path>]
+        .   FTP         (s)ftp://host.example.com[:<port>][/<remote path>]
 
 OPTIONS:
         -h, --help      Show this message
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ OPTIONS:
 EXAMPLES:
         .   git ftp -u john ftp://ftp.example.com:4445/public_ftp -p -v
         .   git ftp -p -u john -v ftp.example.com:4445:/public_ftp 
+        .   git ftp -u john sftp://ftp.secureexample.com/public_ftp -p -v
 EOF
 exit 0
 }
@@ -124,17 +125,17 @@ upload_file() {
     if [ -z ${dest_file} ]; then
         dest_file=${source_file}
     fi
-    ${CURL_BIN} ${CURL_RETRY} ${CURL_RETRY_INT} -T ${source_file} --user ${REMOTE_USER}:${REMOTE_PASSWD} --ftp-create-dirs -# ftp://${REMOTE_HOST}/${REMOTE_PATH}${dest_file}
+    ${CURL_BIN} ${CURL_RETRY} ${CURL_RETRY_INT} -T ${source_file} --user ${REMOTE_USER}:${REMOTE_PASSWD} --ftp-create-dirs -# ${REMOTE_PROTOCOL}://${REMOTE_HOST}/${REMOTE_PATH}${dest_file}
 }
 
 remove_file() {
     file=${1}
-    ${CURL_BIN} ${CURL_RETRY} ${CURL_RETRY_INT} -s --user ${REMOTE_USER}:${REMOTE_PASSWD} -Q "-DELE ${REMOTE_PATH}${file}" ftp://${REMOTE_HOST} > /dev/null 2>&1
+    ${CURL_BIN} ${CURL_RETRY} ${CURL_RETRY_INT} -s --user ${REMOTE_USER}:${REMOTE_PASSWD} -Q "-DELE ${REMOTE_PATH}${file}" ${REMOTE_PROTOCOL}://${REMOTE_HOST} > /dev/null 2>&1
 }
 
 get_file_content() {
     source_file=${1}
-    ${CURL_BIN} ${CURL_RETRY} ${CURL_RETRY_INT} -s --user ${REMOTE_USER}:${REMOTE_PASSWD} ftp://${REMOTE_HOST}/${REMOTE_PATH}${source_file}
+    ${CURL_BIN} ${CURL_RETRY} ${CURL_RETRY_INT} -s --user ${REMOTE_USER}:${REMOTE_PASSWD} ${REMOTE_PROTOCOL}://${REMOTE_HOST}/${REMOTE_PATH}${source_file}
 }
 
 while test $# != 0
@@ -305,7 +306,7 @@ if [ ${HAS_ERROR} -ne 0 ]; then
 fi
 
 # Split protocol from url 
-REMOTE_PROTOCOL=`expr "${URL}" : "\(ftp\).*"`
+REMOTE_PROTOCOL=`expr "${URL}" : "\(sftp\|ftp\).*"`
 
 # Check supported protocol
 if [ -z ${REMOTE_PROTOCOL} ]; then
@@ -333,7 +334,7 @@ fi
 DEPLOYED_SHA1=""
 if [ ${IGNORE_DEPLOYED} -ne 1 ]; then
     # Get the last commit (SHA) we deployed if not ignored or not found
-    write_log "Retrieving last commit from ftp://${REMOTE_HOST}/${REMOTE_PATH}"
+    write_log "Retrieving last commit from ${REMOTE_PROTOCOL}://${REMOTE_HOST}/${REMOTE_PATH}"
     DEPLOYED_SHA1="`get_file_content ${DEPLOYED_SHA1_FILE}`"
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
         write_info "Could not get last commit or it does not exist"
@@ -394,7 +395,7 @@ if [ $CATCHUP -ne 1 ]; then
         # File exits?
         if [ -f ${file} ]; then 
             # Uploading file
-            write_info "[${done_items} of ${total_items}] Uploading ${file} to ftp://${REMOTE_HOST}/${REMOTE_PATH}${file}"
+            write_info "[${done_items} of ${total_items}] Uploading ${file} to ${REMOTE_PROTOCOL}://${REMOTE_HOST}/${REMOTE_PATH}${file}"
             if [ ${DRY_RUN} -ne 1 ]; then
                 upload_file ${file}
                 check_exit_status "Could not upload"
@@ -414,7 +415,7 @@ fi
  
 # if successful, remember the SHA1 of last commit
 DEPLOYED_SHA1=`${GIT_BIN} log -n 1 --pretty=%H`
-write_info "Uploading commit log to ftp://${REMOTE_HOST}/${REMOTE_PATH}${DEPLOYED_SHA1_FILE}"
+write_info "Uploading commit log to ${REMOTE_PROTOCOL}://${REMOTE_HOST}/${REMOTE_PATH}${DEPLOYED_SHA1_FILE}"
 if [ ${DRY_RUN} -ne 1 ]; then
     echo "${DEPLOYED_SHA1}" | upload_file - ${DEPLOYED_SHA1_FILE}
     check_exit_status "Could not upload"
-- 
1.7.6
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