fixing the sync options

tools-requirements.txt

@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ GitPython
 ruamel.yaml
 requests
 jinja2
+dirsync

tools/sync_doc_repo.py

@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ import argparse
 import logging
 import os
 import pathlib
-import shutil
 import subprocess
 import warnings
+from dirsync import sync
 
 from git import Repo
 from git import SymbolicReference
@@ -111,13 +111,21 @@ def process_repositories(args, service):
         new_branch.set_tracking_branch(remote_ref)
         new_branch.checkout()
 
-        shutil.copytree(
-            pathlib.Path(copy_from, doc["rst_location"]),
-            pathlib.Path(copy_to, doc["rst_location"]),
-            ignore=lambda a, b: ["conf.py"],
-            dirs_exist_ok=True,
+        source_path = pathlib.Path(copy_from, doc["rst_location"])
+        target_path = pathlib.Path(copy_to, doc["rst_location"])
+        sync(
+            source_path,
+            target_path,
+            'sync',
+            purge=True,
+            create=True,
+            content=True,
+            ignore=['conf.py']
         )
         repo_to.index.add([doc["rst_location"]])
+
+        for obj in repo_to.index.diff(None).iter_change_type('D'):
+            repo_to.index.remove([obj.b_path])
         if len(repo_to.index.diff("HEAD")) == 0:
             # Nothing to commit
             logging.debug("No changes.")