From 4a0b01d7a88040ca60dbd0eaae872921a9f88ed0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: schmeeve <steve@d27n.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:37:20 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add recursive to sync-pictures

---
 sync-pictures | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sync-pictures b/sync-pictures
index 56c0490..5b71581 100755
--- a/sync-pictures
+++ b/sync-pictures
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #
 # Adjust SHARE and SUBPATH to match your environment.
 
+RECURSIVE=""
+
 for arg in "$@"; do
   case "$arg" in
     --help|-h)
@@ -18,10 +20,14 @@ Usage: sync-pictures [options]
 Sync ~/Pictures to a NAS share and run neatcli organize on both ends.
 
 Options:
-  -h, --help    Show this help message and exit
+  -r, --recursive   Sync subdirectories recursively (default: top-level files only)
+  -h, --help        Show this help message and exit
 EOF
       exit 0
       ;;
+    --recursive|-r)
+      RECURSIVE=1
+      ;;
   esac
 done
 
@@ -55,11 +61,14 @@ fi
 # 2. One-way rsync contents of ~/Pictures → share subpath
 MP="${MOUNTPOINT}/${SUBPATH}"
 echo "[sync-pictures] Syncing ${SOURCE}/ → ${MP}/"
-rsync -vu --exclude='*/' \
+RSYNC_FLAGS=(-vu --progress --stats --exclude=".DS_Store")
+if [ -z "${RECURSIVE}" ]; then
+  RSYNC_FLAGS+=(--exclude='*/')
+fi
+
+rsync "${RSYNC_FLAGS[@]}" \
   "${SOURCE}/" \
-  "${MP}/" \
-  --progress --stats \
-  --exclude=".DS_Store"
+  "${MP}/"
 
 # 3. Run neatcli organize on both source and dest
 if command -v neatcli &>/dev/null; then