Add option to turn off bidirectional conversion. When bidirectional conversion is turned off, only sync->async conversion is performed

Author: levitation

Program.cs

@@ -34,11 +34,12 @@ internal static class Global
         public static List<string> ExcludedExtensions = new List<string>() { "*~", "tmp" };
         public static List<string> IgnorePathsStartingWith = new List<string>();
         public static List<string> IgnorePathsContaining = new List<string>();
-
-
+        
         public static string AsyncPath = "";
         public static string SyncPath = "";
 
+        public static bool Bidirectional = true;
+
 
 
         internal static readonly AsyncLockQueueDictionary FileOperationLocks = new AsyncLockQueueDictionary();
@@ -109,6 +110,8 @@ private static void Main()
 
             var fileConfig = config.GetSection("Files");
 
+            Global.Bidirectional = fileConfig["Bidirectional"]?.ToUpperInvariant() != "FALSE";   //default is true
+
             Global.AsyncPath = fileConfig["AsyncPath"];
             Global.SyncPath = fileConfig["SyncPath"];
 
@@ -160,10 +163,13 @@ private static async Task MainTask()
                     //    }
                     //}
 
-
-                    watch.Add(new Request(Global.AsyncPath, recursive: true));
                     watch.Add(new Request(Global.SyncPath, recursive: true));
 
+                    if (Global.Bidirectional)
+                    {
+                        watch.Add(new Request(Global.AsyncPath, recursive: true));
+                    }
+
 
                     // prepare the console watcher so we can output pretty messages.
                     var consoleWatch = new ConsoleWatch(watch);
@@ -199,15 +205,18 @@ await ConsoleWatch.OnAddedAsync
                             }
                         }
 
-                        //2. Do initial synchronisation from async to sync folder   //TODO: config for enabling and ordering of this operation
-                        foreach (var fileInfo in new DirectoryInfo(Global.AsyncPath)
-                                                    .GetFiles("*." + Global.WatchedCodeExtension, SearchOption.AllDirectories))
+                        if (Global.Bidirectional)
                         {
-                            await ConsoleWatch.OnAddedAsync
-                            (
-                                new DummyFileSystemEvent(fileInfo),
-                                new CancellationToken()
-                            );
+                            //2. Do initial synchronisation from async to sync folder   //TODO: config for enabling and ordering of this operation
+                            foreach (var fileInfo in new DirectoryInfo(Global.AsyncPath)
+                                                        .GetFiles("*." + Global.WatchedCodeExtension, SearchOption.AllDirectories))
+                            {
+                                await ConsoleWatch.OnAddedAsync
+                                (
+                                    new DummyFileSystemEvent(fileInfo),
+                                    new CancellationToken()
+                                );
+                            }
                         }
 
 

appsettings.example.json

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Files": {
 
-        "AsyncPath": "C:\\yourpath\\yourproject\\",
+        "Bidirectional": true,
+
+
         "SyncPath": "C:\\yourpath\\yourproject-debug\\",
+        "AsyncPath": "C:\\yourpath\\yourproject\\",
 
 
         "WatchedCodeExtension": "cs",