Command: Watch

Using the Watch Command

cp-remote watch
cp-remote wa # alias

The watch command will sync changes you make locally to a container that’s part of the remote environment.

This will use the default container specified during setup but you can specify another container to sync with. For example, if the service you want to sync to is web:

cp-remote watch -s web

The watch command should be left running, it will however need restarting whenever the remote environment is rebuilt using build.

To watch a specific remote project path use the --remote-project-path flag:

cp-remote watch --remote-project-path= /app/sub-folder/

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Sync Threshold

By default the client will synchronise file changes individually up to a certain limit, which by default is 10. Above that threshold a full code scan for changes will be made, which could potentially be slower. If you are editing a large number of files, you should consider upping the default minimum threshold using the --individual-file-sync-threshold flag:

cp-remote watch --individual-file-sync-threshold=20

Command Reference

Options:

Option	Alias	Default	Description
--config			Local config file. Default is .cp-remote-settings.yml within working directory.
--individual-file-sync-threshold	-t	10	Above this threshold a full code scan for file changes will be made rather than syncing individual files
--kube-environment-name	-e		The full remote environment name (e.g. project-key-git-branch).
--latency	-l	500	Sync latency / speed in milli-seconds
--remote-project-path	-a	/app/	The absolute path to the remote project folder.
--service	-s	web	The service to use (e.g. web, mysql).

Flags:

Flag	Alias	Default	Description
--delete		false	Delete extraneous files from destination directories.
--dry-run		false	Show what will be transferred without executing.
--rsync-verbose		false	Run rsync in verbose mode for debugging.
--yes	-y	false	Skip warning.