Realtime File Sync solution for windows?

When I develop web applicati开发者_高级运维ons I'm frequently need to sync files from a working folder to external server or another folder. I like keeping my code separated from the web sever.

In open source world there is the eclipse with file sync that does the job pretty well. Unfortunately I can't find any good replacement for Visual Studio.

I've only found two generic solutions: - Winscp which is pretty good but stucks when a file is locked and ask for confirmation. Which is quite annoying. - DSynchronize which works pretty well (ie. doesn't ask questions) but doesn't have filters so I can't tell it not to sync my .svn files or web.conf :(.

Do you know any good way to achieve realtime synchronization in Visual Studio or windows?

I doens't have to have gui in fact I would love to see a command line solution like a powershell command that outputs modified files.

I've ended up using Mercurial (to skip the .svn files) and DSynchronize to sync files

I would give a try to immortal classic - rsync. There is cygwin enabled implementation for Windows called cwrsync: http://www.itefix.no/i2/node/10650 . With proper configuration (potentially with some fine tuning with scripting as well) it will do perfectly.

If you would like to have bi directional synchronization, the Unison may be the answer: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/

If you are looking for something even fancier, you might give a try to one of distributed file systems available, like CODA (I'm afraid decent Windows systems aren't supported yet): http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu or native DFS solution from Microsoft, however I'm afraid the set up is too hassling (if not impossible in your case) since it's targeted for enterprise solutions: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753479(WS.10).aspx

Of course DFS option probably won't support filtering you are interested in.