escp copies files over SSH like scp, but skips files matched by a .scpignore file.

• .scpignore support with .gitignore-style patterns.
• Native SSH transfer using golang.org/x/crypto/ssh.
• Copies files and empty directories.

Requires Go 1.25 or newer.

git clone https://github.com/Agent-Hellboy/escp.git
cd escp
go build -o escp

Create .scpignore in the directory where you run escp:

*.log
temp/
/build
!keep.log

Copy a directory:

./escp ./project user@host:/remote/path

Use a custom SSH port:

./escp ./project user@host:2222:/remote/path

SSH auth uses your agent, ESCP_SSH_PASSWORD, or unencrypted default keys in ~/.ssh. The remote host must exist in ~/.ssh/known_hosts.

go test ./...

Remote E2E tests are opt-in:

ESCP_E2E_SSH_URL='user:password@host[:port]' go test -v ./...

This project is still rough. Please test it and contribute fixes.

MIT