Question: Is it possible to have rsync create the remote directories if they don't exist?

[pendect]

Question: Is it possible to have rsync create the remote directories if they don't exist?

[ericof]

Hello @julie-sullivan

A possible solution, if the -R flag is not working, would be to add the --rsync-path option to this action.

I came up with this idea reading this question

What do you think?

[ericof]

I will add to the README, but you can pass --rsync-path="mkdir -p /data/foo/bar/20200115 && rsync" as a flag.

Example:

- name: Deploy to server
  id: deploy
  uses: Pendect/[email protected]
  env:
    DEPLOY_KEY: ${{secrets.DEPLOY_KEY}}
  with:
    flags: '-avzr --delete --rsync-path="mkdir -p /data/foo/bar/20200115 && rsync"'
    options: ''
    ssh_options: ''
    src: 'public/'
    dest: '[email protected]:/data/foo/bar/20200115'

- name: Display status from deploy
  run: echo "${{ steps.deploy.outputs.status }}"