bash function to rsync Python files in dir & subdirs so I can just use VSCode locally since their Remote eats up server resources

pysync.sh

# syncs python files in dir and subdirs so you don't have to run resource-hogging VSCode Remote 
# usage: pysync /path/to/local/directory/ user@remote:/path/to/remote/directory/
#  UPDATED version: more code than before, but now it follows symbolic links on the remote server instead of just overwriting them
pysync() {
    if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
        echo "Usage: pysync <source> <destination>"
        return 1
    fi
    
    fswatch -o "$1" | while read f; do
        # Extract the remote host and path
        remote_host="${2%%:*}"
        remote_path="${2#*:}"
        
        # Get the symlink target
        target=$(ssh "$remote_host" "readlink ${remote_path}train-vqgan.py")
        
        if [ ! -z "$target" ]; then
            # Temporarily remove the symlink
            ssh "$remote_host" "rm ${remote_path}train-vqgan.py"
            
            # Sync directly to the target
            rsync -av --include="**/*.py" --include="**/*.ipynb" --exclude="*" \
                "$1/train-vqgan.py" "${remote_host}:${target}"
            
            # Recreate the symlink
            ssh "$remote_host" "ln -s \"$target\" ${remote_path}train-vqgan.py"
        else
            # Fall back to normal sync for non-symlinks
            rsync -av --include="**/*.py" --include="**/*.ipynb" --exclude="*" "$1" "$2"
        fi
    done
}