def get_docs_to_commit(self):
        try:
            spec = {'synced': False}
            fields = {'_id': 0}
            cur = self.db.docs.find(spec, fields)
        except Exception as e:
            raise DatabaseException(e)
        return list(cur)
def matchfn(self, f):
        # Some information is lost in the superclass's constructor, so we
        # can not accurately create the matching function for the subdirectory
        # from the inputs. Instead, we override matchfn() and visitdir() to
        # call the original matcher with the subdirectory path prepended.
        return self._matcher.matchfn(self._path + "/" + f)