[Capistrano] Re: How do I deploy without using SVN. . .?

[Jamis Buck]

"I think it was short sighted to actually *require* [SCM] for deployment."

- Jamis

On Feb 22, 2007, at 2:15 PM, gberz3 wrote:

Nah, not at all. Capistrano's deployment functionality is very explicit in that it requires SCM's for deployment. If your project is trivial enough that it doesn't require an SCM, then it's trivial enough that you don't need Capistrano to deploy it. Phlip had a very good suggestion for you in that case: scp works fine. Or rsync. Or any other similar tool. Don't call a tool "short sighted" if it doesn't do what you want. Instead, spend your energy positively by looking for the right tool for the job. Obviously, capistrano isn't that tool for you, unless you don't mind writing a few tasks to do what you want it to do.

Obviously you guys are much more in the know regarding Cap's ability.
I was simply looking for all the management "recipes" without having
SCM.  I agree that it's good practice to have SCM, but I think it was
short sighted to actually *require* it for deployment.  I simply need
to be able to point it a local directory and have it sync, etc.  I
suppose my main concern is really the initial setup for each app.

Anywho, it appears that the main "manual" site is down.  Can you gents
point me in the right directly so as to get all knowed up on it?

Thanks in advance,
Michael

On Feb 22, 4:04 pm, Jamis Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Michael,

The answer is "yes, you can use Capistrano to deploy without an SCM".
However, you can't use any of the standard deployment tasks to do so;
you'll have to write your own tasks, which would wind up being pretty
much what Phlip suggested.

- Jamis

On Feb 22, 2007, at 1:46 PM, gberz3 wrote:

You may be correct, but I don't believe that's what I'm asking.
Capistrano does lots of things, including assisting in setting up a
mongrel "proxy-balancer".  I simply don't want it to require an SVN

a tow truck hitched to a trailer of tools.  I simply want use of the
truck, not the extra tools.

repository. In the spirit of your analogy, I've basically been given

Thanks,
Michael

On Feb 22, 3:20 pm, Phlip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

gberz3 wrote:

Is it possible to deploy without having a repository?  I
currently am
not concerned with source control for a quick-and-dirty setup I'm
working on and I just need Capistrano to work.  Honestly, all I'm
looking for is a quick *installer* and setup.  What am I
missing. . .?

scp -r my_site [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/my_site

Then reconcile public/.htaccess and public_html/.htaccess, sym-link

to 755.

public_html to my_site/public, and set the permissions on dispatch.*

You are asking "how do I use a car to walk"; just walk!

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