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+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+# Confirmed with echo `pwd` that as long as we use via composer it's always in
+# /var/www/html (aka the project root).
+proj_dir="$(cd $(dirname ${0})/../ && pwd)" # Parent of this script folder.
+[ "$proj_dir" != "/var/www/html" ] && { echo "Script running from unexpected path - are you running within ddev, as you should?"; exit 1; }
+local_backup="$(date +%Y%m%dT%H%M%S)_pre_pull.sql"
+[ ! -d /var/www/html/backups ] && mkdir /var/www/html/backups || true
+
+verbose=""
+backup="false"
+sync="false"
+target="local"
+
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]
+do
+  case $1
+  in
+    -t|--target)
+      target=$2
+      shift 2
+    ;;
+
+    -b|--backup)
+      backup="true"
+      shift 1
+    ;;
+
+    -v|--verbose)
+      verbose="-v"
+      shift 1
+    ;;
+
+    -s|--sync)
+      sync="true"
+      shift 1
+    ;;
+
+    *)
+      echo "The arguments to use are"
+      echo "-t|--target {local|test}: The target to load the database to"
+      echo "-b|--backup: Indicate that a new backup should be made of the live database"
+      echo "-v|--verbose: Wordier output"
+      echo "-s|--sync: syncs files from live site"
+      exit 1
+    ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+if [ "$backup" = "true" ]; then
+  echo "Backing up live database..."
+  live_backup="prod_$(date +%Y%m%dT%H%M%S).sql"
+  remote_drush="/home/agaric_live/site/vendor/drush/drush/drush -r /home/agaric_Live/site/web $verbose"
+  ssh_cmd="$remote_drush sql-dump --gzip --structure-tables-key=common --result-file=~/backups/$live_backup"
+  ssh agaric_live@elizabeth.mayfirst.org $ssh_cmd
+  live_backup="${live_backup}.gz"
+else
+  echo "Identifying the most recent live database backup..."
+  live_backup=`ssh agaric_live@elizabeth.org "ls -1t ~/backups/prod*.sql.gz | head -n1 | xargs -n1 basename"`
+fi
+
+if [ "$target" = "local" ]; then
+  echo "Copying the database file from live to local..."
+  scp agaric_live@elizabeth.mayfirst.org:~/backups/${live_backup} /var/www/html/backups
+
+  echo "Backing up local database to backups/${local_backup}..."
+  drush sql-dump > /var/www/html/backups/${local_backup}
+
+  echo "Dropping local database..."
+  drush -y sql-drop
+
+  echo "Unzipping live database..."
+  gzip -d -f /var/www/html/backups/${live_backup}
+
+  echo "Importing the database copied from live..."
+  drush sqlc < /var/www/html/backups/${live_backup%.*}
+
+  if [ "$sync" = "true" ]; then
+    echo "Pulling files from live into local..."
+    drush -y rsync @live:%files @self:%files
+  fi
+
+elif [ "$target" = "test" ]; then
+  remote_drush="/home/agaric_test/vendor/drush/drush/drush -r /home/agaric_test/site/web $verbose"
+  ssh agaric_test@elizabeth.mayfirst.org "${remote_drush} status > /dev/null" || (echo "SSH connection to ${target} or drush status failed - have you set up the key, and does site exist?"; exit 1)
+  ssh_cmd="scp ~/backups/${live_backup} agaric_test@localhost:~/backups"
+  ssh agaric_live@elizabeth.mayfirst.org ${ssh_cmd}
+
+  echo "Backing up test database..."
+  ssh agaric_test@elizabeth.mayfirst.org "${remote_drush} sql-dump > ~/backups/${local_backup}"
+
+  echo "Dropping test database..."
+  drush @test -y sql-drop
+
+  echo "Unzipping live database..."
+  ssh_cmd="gzip -d -f ~/backups/${live_backup}"
+  ssh agaric_test@elizabeth.mayfirst.org "${ssh_cmd}"
+
+  echo "Loading live database into test..."
+  ssh agaric_test@elizabeth.mayfirst.org "${remote_drush} sqlc < ~/backups/${live_backup%.*}"
+
+  if [ "$sync" = "true" ]; then
+    echo "Pulling files from live into test..."
+    drush -y rsync @live:%files @test:%files
+  fi
+fi
+
+echo "Done"