scp-deploy not copying hidden files in dist/ folder

Thomas Schmitt

I have hidden dotfiles in my dist/ directory that need to get copied to the server. My deployment step looks like this:

name: Deploy to development server
deployment: development
script:
  - pipe: atlassian/scp-deploy:1.0.1
variables:
      USER: $SSH_USER
SERVER: $SSH_HOST
REMOTE_PATH: $TARGET_PATH
LOCAL_PATH: 'dist/*'

But this setup will (understandably) not copy dotfiles to the server. There are two possible solutions that come to my mind:

• Add more than one LOCAL_PATH and set the second one to 'dist/.*'
• Copy the complete dist/ directory over to the server, then manually move the files one directory level higher, than delete dist/ directory.

What is best practice in this case? How could it be done?

Thanks in advance!

Halyna Berezovska

@Thomas Schmitt dist/* is not counting hidden files in bash.

You can use

LOCAL_PATH: 'dist/'

to take into account hidden files.

Or if that does create a redundant folder for you, you can actually cd to your dist before using the pipe and use not dist, but '.' or './' as LOCAL_PATH there

Looking forward to see your feedback about user expirience.

We try to improve Bitbucket Pipelines and Pipes and the same time to be flexible for as more users as possible.

Regards, Galyna