Thanks Jamis, I am going to try this out now and see how it goes. One quick question, does this method honor my .gitignore files? My application generates a load of image files which I don't need to deploy with as they will be re-generated in production.
Thanks again, Andy On 23 Aug, 23:58, Jamis Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm actually using this to deploy my blog software (mephisto) to my > new server. The repo is local (since I've had to create a branch for > some local mods I've added). Just do: > > set :repository, "." > set :deploy_via, :copy > > You can save yourself a little time on subsequent deploys with: > > set :copy_cache, true > > And you can save a little more time by not deploying your .git > directory, tests and other miscellanea: > > set :copy_exclude, %w(.git test) > > - Jamis > > On Aug 23, 2008, at 4:19 PM, Andy Pearson wrote: > > > > > Hey all, > > > I am new to Capistrano, rails, git and unix (and pretty much anything > > else related!) > > > Today I have set up a new Slicehost account with Ubuntu Hardy, Nginx, > > Thin and a testing rails app which all went pretty smoothly thanks to > > their great articles, and some help from some people in the Slicehost > > campfire room. > > > Now I am trying to deploy the rails app I have been working on to this > > new server using Capistrano. I have spent several hours trying to get > > it working to no avail and am now starting to doubt whether what I > > want to do is even possible. > > > I have been managing my project using a local (client side) git repos. > > Now what I want to do is deploy direct from that, to my server using > > Capistrano, I have tried a load of different configurations for my > > deploy.rb script but noting I have tried has worked (hence this help > > request!). > > > I have seen a lot of examples which use GitHub as the repository, but > > I am trying to cut out the middle man, as I think it may be overkill > > for this project. > > > Thanks in advance, apologies if I have completely missed a discussion/ > > tutorial somewhere, I have tried searching and nothing turned up, > > though I may have been looking for the wrong thing! > > > Andy > > > > > > > smime.p7s > 3KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/capistrano -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
