Thanks Wolf! I'll take a deeper look at it later tonight. As for Jamis, I certainly appreciate your input. I'm not calling it short- sighted due to it's lack of ability. It does everything I want and more. It just has excess baggage. It's like the free gift they won't let you not take. I absolutely see it's usefulness, I just don't see the need to force it. Gimme --options. ;)
On Feb 22, 5:48 pm, "wolfmanjm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Although I agree with Jamis (of course ;) > > It turns out you could use my latest version of > local_subversion_rsync.rb to do what you want with some minor hacks... > just pointing you in the right direction here. > > Follow the directions in my post, point the local rsync cache to your > folder with your source. Comment out the calls to subversion in my > code, and it should work. > > http://blog.wolfman.com/articles/2007/02/18/updated-capistrano-local-... > > Basically it will simply rsync your local copy with the server, so > long as you comment out all the svn accesses. > > On Feb 22, 1:36 pm, Jamis Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "I think it was short sighted to actually *require* [SCM] for > > deployment." > > > 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. > > > - Jamis > > > On Feb 22, 2007, at 2:15 PM, gberz3 wrote: > > > > 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 > > >>> repository. In the spirit of your analogy, I've basically been > > >>> given > > >>> a tow truck hitched to a trailer of tools. I simply want use of the > > >>> truck, not the extra tools. > > > >>> 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 > > >>>> public_html to my_site/public, and set the permissions on > > >>>> dispatch.* > > >>>> to 755. > > > >>>> You are asking "how do I use a car to walk"; just walk! > > > >>>> -- > > >>>> Phliphttp://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ZeekLand<-- NOT a blog!! > > > >> smime.p7s > > >> 3KDownload > > > smime.p7s > > 3KDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/capistrano -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
