Show HN: Drive – a tiny program to pull or push Google Drive files

https://github.com/odeke-em/drive

by odeke-em • 11 years ago

69 21 11 years ago

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akeruu• 11 years ago

In the same idea : https://github.com/google/skicka

artursapek• 11 years ago

It's exciting seeing these types of tools generally being written in Go.

IshKebab• 11 years ago

Nice, but what we really want is a way to do it automatically, like Dropbox.

I know Burcu Dogan was against automatic sync because it isn't 100% reliable in every case, but frankly she's wrong. That isn't a sufficiently bad con not to use it compared to the pro - it's automatic.

_pmf_• 11 years ago

I know Burcu Dogan was against automatic sync because it isn't 100% reliable in every case, but frankly she's wrong. That isn't a sufficiently bad con not to use it compared to the pro - it's automatic.

With a bit of bad luck, automatic sync easily turns into a mess (see the trainwreck that is Apple Music; even the most devoted fanboys loathe it).

madeofpalk• 11 years ago

I appreciate that it's starting to get off topic, but in my experience the problems with Apple Music isn't related to whether the sync is automatic or not.

The issues that I run into are UX issues (not sync related), and what I've heard is problems with what the server does once a sync is finished (automatic or not).

tdtran• 11 years ago

With big enough amount of bad luck, anything can turns into a mess. OTOH sync (two-way sync) if done right can work pretty well and is quite useful in the real world. I am saying it as the developer of Autosync for Google Drive android app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ttxapps.dr...)

odeke-em4• 11 years ago

Personally, I prefer manual sync like Burcu does. You have way better control with manual sync, imagine you were editing a video or had source code in your drive that was shared, any saves would toggle syncing. Also you could potentially clog up your bandwidth with auto syncing. Plus I can get to review a manifest of files before letting them get pushed. Lots of other features with manual sync such as `cat pipe | drive push --piped streamedContent` or `drive push -m ~/contentNotInDrive .` and many others. These would be very difficult to get in with auto-sync.

Adaptive• 11 years ago

I like the approach drive takes, but if you are looking for full automatic sync, there is also InSync https://www.insynchq.com/ (linux client available; I've installed it from the AUR for example).

jpatokal2• 11 years ago

If you're running into this:

google.golang.org/cloud/compute/metadata/metadata.go:54: unknown net.Dialer field 'KeepAlive' in struct literal

then it's supposed to be fixed per https://github.com/odeke-em/drive/issues/223, but it's not working for me and neither do the workarounds. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

jpatokal2• 11 years ago

Seems to be an issue with Go 1.2.2, upgrading to 1.4.2 fixes it.

odeke-em4• 11 years ago

Yap, good catch.

RachelF• 11 years ago

If you don't want to use Go, try this http://syncdocs.com which does the same thing, syncing to Google Drive

imglorp• 11 years ago

Show HN: Drive – a tiny program to pull or push Google Drive files

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