As a novice in Lua, I constructed — guided solely by logical reasoning and a touch of “vibe coding” — an SB v2 Git synchronization sequence. GPT-5 has already given it a scathing review, labeling it a “code monstrosity.”
Even so, each operation is clearly traceable (through editor.flashNotifications), and synchronization has been achieved reliably across 3 instances: local Windows, a read-only and a read-write Fly.io Linux instance.
This means the functionality is, in principle, secure — though recommend creating backups before use.
Compared with the official version, my implementation adds two commands: one for force-pushing to the origin as the initial commit, and another for force-pulling from the remote back to the local repository.
While I feel that my aesthetic judgment and logical reasoning are sound, I have not invested sufficient time to master Lua. I hope this plugin can offer some insights to others.
If needed, I am willing to share my Fly.io configurations, including the fly.toml, Dockerfile, and init.sh files.
As is my experience writing code with AI agents, this is a lot of code. I wanted to quickly read it, but… it’s a lot to evaluate. But you know, if it works for you it’s great!
git = {}
gitConfig = config.get("git", {})
git.autoSync = gitConfig.autoSync or true
git.autoCommitMinutes = gitConfig.autoCommitMinutes or 5
git.autoSyncDelay = gitConfig.autoSyncDelay or 60
git.skipInitialSync = gitConfig.skipInitialSync or false
function git.commit(message)
message = message or "Snapshot"
print "Comitting..."
local ok, message = pcall(function()
shell.run("git", {"add", "./*"})
shell.run("git", {"commit", "-a", "-m", message})
end)
if not ok then
print("Git commit failed: " .. message)
end
end
function git.sync()
git.commit()
print "Pulling..."
shell.run("git", {"pull"})
print "Pushing..."
shell.run("git", {"push"})
end
command.define {
name = "Git: Commit",
run = function()
local message = editor.prompt "Commit message:"
git.commit(message)
end
}
command.define {
name = "Git: Sync",
run = function()
git.sync()
editor.flashNotification "Done!"
end
}
if git.autoSync then
if git.skipInitialSync then
git.previousCommit = os.time()
end
event.listen {
name = "cron:secondPassed",
run = function()
local currentTime = os.time()
if currentTime - git.previousCheck > git.autoSyncDelay then
git.previousCheck = currentTime
local elapsedMinutes = (currentTime - git.previousCommit) / 60
if elapsedMinutes > git.autoCommitMinutes then
git.previousCommit = os.time()
editor.flashNotification "Starting git autosync."
system.invokeCommand('Git: Sync')
end
end
end
}
else
print("Git autoSync is not enabled.")
end
thanks to @zef. Feel free to share and merge your improments
