Repo Sync

repo-sync

What it does

Sync shared Git repos for team documents, notes, skills, and context on macOS. Complex software projects and pull request workflows are outside scope.

By default, after 60 seconds without local edits, repo-sync commits eligible non-ignored changes (including staged edits, renames, and deletions), rebases, and pushes. It checks remote changes every 60 seconds and starts at login without an AI agent.

Only the remote's default branch syncs (origin/HEAD, falling back to main). Feature branches and detached HEAD are skipped; branches are never switched.

Check first

command -v repo-sync
repo-sync help

Installed help is the command contract. Older binaries may lack skill, remove, status, or version; run repo-sync version when listed. Installing the skill does not install or upgrade the binary.

Default config: ~/Library/Application Support/repo-sync/config.json. Check ProgramArguments in ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.vectal-labs.repo-sync.plist for a custom path and use the selected config throughout. Flags precede positional arguments.

Read references/operations.md for custom settings, unsupported commands, legacy removal, upgrades, or failed checks.

Start syncing

A request to sync a named repo authorizes automatic commits and pushes. Mention that staged changes are included; do not ask again when already authorized.

For a fresh installation:

brew install --cask vectal-labs/tap/repo-sync
repo-sync setup
repo-sync status

Homebrew must already be available; it installs Git and GitHub CLI. Setup checks identity/access and service health, and preserves existing registrations. Select only requested repos.

For an existing local clone:

repo-sync add "/absolute/path/to/notes"
repo-sync status

add defaults to the current repo, which needs an origin remote. When asked to clone a remote repo, check the destination, clone, then add it. Do not overwrite folders, create remote repos, or change remotes without authorization.

For a custom config:

repo-sync add --config "/absolute/path/to/config.json" "/absolute/path/to/notes"
repo-sync status --config "/absolute/path/to/config.json"

add may save registration despite restart failure. Check fresh status; if setup is needed, use the same config. Report registration separately from active syncing when readiness fails.

Stop syncing one repo

When installed help lists remove:

repo-sync remove "/absolute/path/to/notes"
repo-sync status

repo-sync remove --config "/absolute/path/to/config.json" "/absolute/path/to/notes"
repo-sync status --config "/absolute/path/to/config.json"

remove defaults to the current repo. For missing or moved folders, use the old configured absolute path.

Removal unregisters the repo and restarts the matching service. Files, history, local work, and pushed data remain; teammates' syncing is unaffected. In-progress Git operations may finish during shutdown.

Verify registration is absent and the service applied the change. Removing the last repo leaves an empty running service. With no background service, only config changes; manually started repo-sync run processes still need restarting.

Without remove, follow Legacy removal in the reference. Do not uninstall or delete the clone instead.