SFTP-Deploy Exclude Folder

[KINKWILDE]

This doesn't work

EXTRA_ARGS: '--exclude=node_modules/*'

sftp: unrecognized option: -

What is the correct way to exclude a folder from the atlassian/sftp-deploy:0.5.0 pipe?

[Steven Vaccarella]

Hi KINKWILDE,

I'm not sure whether this will work, but you could try setting the GLOBIGNORE environment variable and then setting LOCAL_PATH using a glob pattern, eg:

- export GLOBIGNORE=node_modules
- pipe: atlassian/sftp-deploy:0.5.0
    LOCAL_PATH='${BITBUCKET_CLONE_DIR}/*'

If that doesn't work, you could try creating a deployment directory first, containing exactly the files you want to upload. To make the copy easier, first create the directory outside your build directory.

- mkdir ~/deploy
- cp -R . ~/deploy
- mv ~/deploy .
- rm -rf deploy/node_modules
- pipe: atlassian/sftp-deploy:0.5.0
    LOCAL_PATH='${BITBUCKET_CLONE_DIR}/deploy/*'

Or if the deployment command is the last command in your script (ie. you won't need node_modules again) then you could just delete it first:

- rm -rf node_modules
- pipe: atlassian/sft-deploy:0.5.0
    LOCAL_PATH='${BITBUCKT_CLONE_DIR}/*'

[4lJGhzpV]

I had a similar problem like asked by user KINKWILD.
I wanted to exclude several files and folders from beeing uploaded by sftp-upload.
First of all the "bitbucket-pipelines.yml" file.

The first attempt - suggested by Steven Vacarella did not work in my case

...
- export GLOBIGNORE=node_modules
- pipe: atlassian/sftp-deploy:0.5.0
    LOCAL_PATH='${BITBUCKET_CLONE_DIR}/*'
...

Adopting the second solution worked well - here is my example:

image: php:7.1.29

pipelines:
 custom:
  UploadToSFTP:
   - step:
      name: Deploy to SFTP Server
      deployment: Test-1
      script:
       - mkdir ~/deploy
       - cp -R . ~/deploy
       - mv ~/deploy .
       - rm -rf deploy/bitbucket-pipelines.yml
       - pipe: atlassian/sftp-deploy:0.5.3
         variables:
          USER: <Your SFTP user name>
          SERVER: <Your SFTP host>
          LOCAL_PATH: '${BITBUCKET_CLONE_DIR}/deploy/*'
          REMOTE_PATH: <Your SFTP remote path>
          PASSWORD: <Your SFTP password> #if you are using pwd auth...

Note:
Without using deployment: ... my exampple from above was not not working!!

BR

[Saul Baizman]

I had the same question / issue: could I omit uploading bitbucket-pipelines.yml?

My solution is slightly simpler than 4lJGhzpV's: I just added the appropriate rm command above the pipe. No need to create a separate directory and so forth.

image: atlassian/default-image:2

pipelines:
  default:
    - step:
    name: Publish
    deployment: production
    script:
      - rm -rf bitbucket-pipelines.yml
      - pipe: atlassian/sftp-deploy:0.5.6
        variables:
          USER: $DREAMHOST_USER
          SERVER: $DREAMHOST_HOST
          REMOTE_PATH: $DREAMHOST_REMOTE_PATH
          LOCAL_PATH: $LOCAL_PATH
          PASSWORD: $DREAMHOST_PASSWORD

I was worried deleting the pipeline would be problematic, but this didn't seem to have any ill effects.