Mutagen sync

Mutagen provides better performance for synchronizing files on macOS.

Download

Download Mutagen following the Installation instructions.

Create $HOME/.mutagen.yml

sync:
  defaults:
    symlink:
      mode: "posix-raw"
    mode: "two-way-resolved"
    ignore:
      vcs: true

Setup

At the folder you want to sync, run:

export VOLUME=mutagen-cache
export NAME=your-name-here

docker volume create $VOLUME
docker container create --name $VOLUME -v $VOLUME:/volumes/$VOLUME mutagenio/sidecar

mutagen sync create --name $NAME --sync-mode=two-way-resolved --default-file-mode-beta 06400666 --default-directory-mode-beta 0777  $(pwd) docker://mutagen-cache/volumes/mutagen-cache

docker-compose

# where you want this mounted
    volumes:
      - mutagen-cache:/var/www
      
volumes:
  mutagen-cache:
    external: true

Check status

mutagen sync monitor

Start

If your sync was stopped, you can restart it with

mutagen sync resume $NAME

Stop

To stop synching, run

mutagen sync terminate $NAME
docker volume rm $VOLUME