What happened to fullSync?

[abunsen]

I noticed in this graphic:

There is a reference to a sync command, but when I run ./vulcanizedb --help I only see the following (on v0.1.2-alpha):

Usage:
  vulcanizedb [command]

Available Commands:
  compose               Composes transformer initializer plugin
  composeAndExecute     Composes, loads, and executes transformer initializer plugin
  contractWatcher       Watches events at the provided contract address using fully synced vDB
  execute               executes a precomposed transformer initializer plugin
  headerSync            Syncs VulcanizeDB with local ethereum node's block headers
  help                  Help about any command
  resync                Resync historical data
  streamEthSubscription This command is used to subscribe to the super node eth stream with the provided filters
  superNode             VulcanizeDB SuperNode
  version               Prints the version of vulcanizeDB

Flags:
      --client-ipcPath string                location of geth.ipc file
      --client-levelDbPath string            location of levelDb chaindata
      --config string                        config file location
      --database-hostname string             database hostname (default "localhost")
      --database-name string                 database name (default "vulcanize_public")
      --database-password string             database password
      --database-port int                    database port (default 5432)
      --database-user string                 database user
      --exporter-name string                 name of exporter plugin (default "exporter")
      --filesystem-storageDiffsPath string   location of storage diffs csv file
  -h, --help                                 help for vulcanizedb
      --log-level string                     Log level (trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, panic (default "info")
      --logfile string                       file path for logging
      --storageDiffs-source string           where to get the state diffs: csv or geth (default "csv")

Use "vulcanizedb [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Did you remove this or is it now resync?

[i-norden]

Hi @abunsen! Yeah we have removed the fullSync command, and are in the process of breaking this repository up into smaller repositories for the different tools contained within. E.g. contract-watcher, header-sync, and ipfs watchers. fullSync can still be used in a previous version of vulcanizedb, or if there is interest in it I can (at some point) create a separate repo that restores that tool. Part of the rationale with removing the fullSync is that the eth ipfs-watcher fulfills and extends the functionality that fullSync provided, although with more overhead due to also processing state data.

[AFDudley]

If you'd like continued support for this feature please reach out to me [email protected].

Thanks.