Syncing a subfolder on local to root of the device

[ameintjes]

Is there a way to set a folder on the local machine to be used as the root for syncing to the device?

In other words only the contents of ./device/ is synced to the root of the esp32

I've tried appending "/device" to the "root" in esp32sync.json then stripping that from the "files" entries

code

{
  "version": 1,
  "syncId": "15c4429b-0bad-427f-8ccd-9ab85242e1ef",
  "root": "/home/user/workspace/blergb",
  "generatedAt": 1768836753392,
  "files": {
    "ble_rgb.py": {
      "size": 6310,
      "mtime": 1768835765980
    },
    "boot.py": {
      "size": 139,
      "mtime": 1739356610257
    },
    "main.py": {
      "size": 14,
      "mtime": 1740562174535
    }
  }
}

becomes

{
  "version": 1,
  "syncId": "15c4429b-0bad-427f-8ccd-9ab85242e1ef",
  "root": "/home/user/workspace/blergb/device",
  "generatedAt": 1768836753392,
  "files": {
    "ble_rgb.py": {
      "size": 6310,
      "mtime": 1768835765980
    },
    "boot.py": {
      "size": 139,
      "mtime": 1739356610257
    },
    "main.py": {
      "size": 14,
      "mtime": 1740562174535
    }
  }
}

... but that didn't work and it feels like I'm working against the intended behavior.

[DanielBustillos]

Hi @ameintjes! To be honest, I hadn't initially imagined that specific use case, but I can definitely see how useful it is for keeping a clean workspace by separating your source files from the rest of the project metadata.

Good news: This is exactly the feature we are currently integrating. We are implementing Path Mappings, which will allow you to define these relationships in your .mpy-workbench/config.json. See PR #8 .

I'll keep this issue open until the version containing Path Mappings is officially released. Thanks for the feedback!

Current Workaround: As a temporary solution, you can open the specific folder you want to sync (e.g., ./device/) directly as your workspace in VS Code. This will cause the extension to treat the contents of that folder as the root for all synchronization operations.

[gruslur]

I also want this exact feature so very happy that you are already working on it. Thank you for all your work!

[TPReal]

This feature is a must for me. It's much, much cleaner to work this way, than to have all that clutter in the .mpyignore. And a path mapping system is maybe an overkill, just let me set the root dir.