Add justDownloaded field in files metadata

src/events/listener.ts

@@ -33,11 +33,23 @@ export default class EventsListener {
       // The file has not been created in directory that we're syncing with GitHub
       return;
     }
+
+    const data = this.metadataStore.data[file.path];
+    if (data && data.justDownloaded) {
+      // This file was just downloaded and not created by the user.
+      // It's enough to makr it as non just downloaded.
+      this.metadataStore.data[file.path].justDownloaded = false;
+      await this.metadataStore.save();
+      return;
+    }
+
     this.metadataStore.data[file.path] = {
       localPath: file.path,
       remotePath: file.path.replace(this.localContentDir, this.repoContentDir),
       sha: null,
       dirty: true,
+      // This file has been created by the user
+      justDownloaded: false,
     };
     await this.metadataStore.save();
     this.eventsQueue.enqueue({
@@ -64,6 +76,15 @@ export default class EventsListener {
       // The file has not been create in directory that we're syncing with GitHub
       return;
     }
+
+    const data = this.metadataStore.data[file.path];
+    if (data && data.justDownloaded) {
+      // This file was just downloaded and not modified by the user.
+      // It's enough to makr it as non just downloaded.
+      this.metadataStore.data[file.path].justDownloaded = false;
+      await this.metadataStore.save();
+      return;
+    }
     this.metadataStore.data[file.path].dirty = true;
     await this.metadataStore.save();
     this.eventsQueue.enqueue({

src/github/client.ts

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ export default class GithubClient {
           remotePath: file.path,
           sha: file.sha,
           dirty: false,
+          justDownloaded: true,
         };
         await this.metadataStore.save();
       }),

src/metadata-store.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ export interface FileMetadata {
   sha: string | null;
   // Whether the file has been modified locally.
   dirty: boolean;
+  // This is mostly used to track if the file has been just downloaded from the remote.
+  // This is necessary since even when creating a file programatically after it has been
+  // downloaded it will trigger a 'create' or 'modify' event.
+  // This is a problem as we can't know whether an event has been triggered by us or the user.
+  justDownloaded: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface Metadata {