Better fetch remote data in a way that does not add blank items to slices

commit.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 gofmt -l -w -s ./src/cli/*.go
 gofmt -l -w -s ./src/backend/*.go
-git add -f extra src .gitignore commit.sh go.mod go.sum LICENSE main.go mutn.go libmuttonserver.go README.md
+git add -f extra src .gitignore commit.sh go.mod go.sum LICENSE mutn.go libmuttonserver.go README.md
 git commit -m "$1"
 git push

src/sync/client.go

@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@ func getRemoteDataFromClient(manualSync bool) ([]string, []int64, []string, []st
 	outputSlice := strings.Split(output, "\x1f")
 
 	// re-form the lists TODO handle error for index out of bounds (occurs if reading deletions directory on server fails)
-	entries := strings.Split(outputSlice[0], "\n")
+	entries := strings.Split(outputSlice[0], "\n")[1:]
-	modsStrings := strings.Split(outputSlice[1], "\n")
+	modsStrings := strings.Split(outputSlice[1], "\n")[1:]
-	folders := strings.Split(outputSlice[2], "\n")
+	folders := strings.Split(outputSlice[2], "\n")[2:]
-	deletions := strings.Split(outputSlice[3], "\n")
+	deletions := strings.Split(outputSlice[3], "\n")[1:]
 
 	// convert the mod times to int64
 	var mods []int64

src/sync/server.go

@@ -20,18 +20,19 @@ func GetRemoteDataFromServer() {
 
 	// print the lists to stdout
 	for _, entry := range entryList {
-		fmt.Println(entry)
+		fmt.Print("\n" + entry)
 	}
-	fmt.Println("\x1f")
+	fmt.Print("\x1f")
 	for _, mod := range modList {
-		fmt.Println(mod)
+		fmt.Print("\n")
+		fmt.Print(mod)
 	}
-	fmt.Print("\x1f") // do not print new lines as the prior output is []int64
+	fmt.Print("\x1f")
 	for _, dir := range dirList {
-		fmt.Println(dir)
+		fmt.Print("\n" + dir)
 	}
-	fmt.Println("\x1f")
+	fmt.Print("\x1f")
 	for _, deletion := range deletionsList {
-		fmt.Println(deletion.Name())
+		fmt.Print("\n" + deletion.Name())
 	}
 }