Bryan,
That's a neat idea. I like the side benefit of letting subdirectories be
deployed, too. Could you post that patch on the capistrano lighthouse
(http://capistrano.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8716-capistrano/tickets)
so that it doesn't get lost?
- Jamis
On 1/17/09 7:19 PM, Bryan Cardillo wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to suggest an alternate implementation for export in the git
> scm class. Currently, git export performs a clone and checkout (just
> like checkout), then removes the .git directory. I think git archive
> is better suited for this since it doesn't require transferring the
> entire repository. As an added bonus, you can specify paths within
> the repository to the archive command, allowing specific directories
> to be deployed (a feature I've seen requested from time to time, and
> my original motivation for ever looking at the git scm code). Anyway,
> I've been using my patched git class for a bit now, and thought I'd
> offer it here in case others find it useful.
>
> Cheers,
> Bryan
>
> git.rb | 22 +++++++++++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> --- src/ruby/capistrano/recipes/deploy/scm/git.rb.orig
> +++ src/ruby/capistrano/recipes/deploy/scm/git.rb
> @@ -157,10 +157,26 @@
> execute.join(" && ")
> end
>
> - # An expensive export. Performs a checkout as above, then
> - # removes the repo.
> + # use git archive to export repository
> def export(revision, destination)
> - checkout(revision, destination) << " && rm -Rf #{destination}/.git"
> + git = command
> + execute = []
> + args = []
> +
> + args << '--format=tar'
> + args << "--remote=#{configuration[:repository]}"
> + if project = configuration[:project]
> + args << "#{revision}:#{project}"
> + else
> + args << revision
> + end
> +
> + # export (using git archive)
> + execute << "mkdir -p #{destination}"
> + execute << "cd #{destination}"
> + execute << "#{git} archive #{args.join(' ')} | tar xf -"
> +
> + execute.join(" && ")
> end
>
> # Merges the changes to 'head' since the last fetch, for remote_cache
>
> >
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