usm rsync

rsync wrapper with sensible defaults + an auto-exclude list. Pass through to real rsync for anything else.

usm rsync ./project user@host:~/
usm rsync user@host:~/data ./data/
usm rsync -n ./src user@host:~/dev          # dry run
usm rsync --delete ./build user@host:/srv/app/   # mirror mode
usm rsync -i ~/.ssh/id_other -p 2222 ./x user@host:~/y
usm rsync --print-cmd ./scripts user@host:~/    # show resolved command, exit

Defaults applied

rsync -avh --human-readable --info=progress2 --partial --partial-dir=.rsync-tmp
      --exclude .git/ --exclude .venv/ --exclude venv/ --exclude node_modules/
      --exclude __pycache__/ --exclude *.pyc --exclude .DS_Store
      --exclude .mypy_cache/ --exclude .pytest_cache/ --exclude .ruff_cache/

That gives you resumable transfers + colored progress + the noise files most projects don't want to copy.

--no-default-excludes to skip them, -e/--exclude PATTERN (repeatable) to add more, --delete for mirror mode, -n/--dry-run for a preview.

-i KEY / -p PORT set up ssh flags via rsync's -e. Anything more exotic — pass extra raw flags after --:

usm rsync --print-cmd -- -P -z --bwlimit=1M ./src user@host:~/

Source

scripts/rsync.py