Zync

Zync keeps shared code in sync with multiple projects in a monorepo.

Why?

Sharing source between projects can be a pain in the *$$. Zync simply copied the files to multiple projects within a repo so that it can be built with the configuration of each individual project.

Quick start

Zync is opinionated to make its use simple. ALL files in the source directory are kept in sync.

1. Create a directory that contains the shared files.
2. Create the destination directories
3. Create a config file at the root of the repo
4. Run zync anywhere within the repo
5. Use zync check [project name] as a pre-build check to ensure all files are in sync.

Things to know

• Always edit the source files and never the files copied.
• Copied files will be overwritten by by running the zync command.
• zync will watch files for changes. Use CTRL + C to exit.
• Run zync check to ensure there are no extra files in either source or destination.

Config file

• baseSourcePath and baseDestinationPath are relative to the location of zync.config.json which should be at the root of the repo.
• source and destination are relative to their respective base*Path.

{
  "baseSourcePath": "packages",
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "app",
      "baseDestinationPath": "app/shared-readonly",
      "paths": [
        {
          "source": "constants",
          "destination": "constants"
        },
        ...
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "hosting",
      "baseDestinationPath": "server/shared-readonly",
      "paths": [
        {
          "source": "constants",
          "destination": "constants"
        },
        ...
      ]
    },
    ...
  ]
}

Example

Before zync

.
└── monoreporoot
    ├── app
    │   ├── shared-readonly
    │   │   └── constants (*placeholder to sync)
    │   └── src
    │       └── index.ts
    ├── packages
    │   └── constants
    │       └── constants.ts
    ├── server
    │   ├── shared-readonly
    │   │   └── constants (*placeholder to sync)
    │   └── src
    │       └── index.ts
    └── zync.config.json

After zync (Files copied marked by *)

.
└── monoreporoot
    ├── app
    │   ├── shared-readonly
    │   │   └── constants
    │   │       └── constants.ts *
    │   └── src
    │       └── index.ts
    ├── packages
    │   └── constants
    │       └── constants.ts
    ├── server
    │   ├── shared-readonly
    │   │   └── constants
    │   │       └── constants.ts *
    │   └── src
    │       └── index.ts
    └── zync.config.json