Capistrano Variables

capistrano_variables.rb

# http://theadmin.org/articles/capistrano-variables/

application – required
repository – required
scm – defaults to :subversion
deploy_via – defaults to :checkout
revision – defaults to the latest head version
rails_env – defaults to ‘production’
rake – defaults to ‘rake’
source – Capistrano::Deploy::SCM object
real_revision
strategy – Capistrano::Deploy::Strategy object defined by deploy_via
release_name – timestamp in the form of “%Y%m%d%H%M%S”
version_dir – defaults to ‘releases’
shared_dir – defaults to ‘shared’
shared_children – defaults to ['public/system', 'log', 'tmp/pids']
current_dir – defaults to ‘current’
releases_path – path of deploy_to + version_dir (e.g. /u/apps/example/releases )
shared_path – path of deploy_to + shared_dir (e.g. /u/apps/example/shared )
current_path – path of deploy_to + current_dir (e.g. /u/apps/example/current )
release_path – path of releases_path + release_name (e.g. /u/apps/example/releases/20100624000000 )
releases – list of releases, found by running ls -x
current_release – path of releases_path + last release (e.g. /u/apps/example/releases/20100624000000 )
previous_release – path of releases_path + previous release (e.g. /u/apps/example/releases/20100623000000 )
current_revision – revision id of the current release, found in the REVISION file
latest_revision – revision id of the latest release
previous_revision – revision id of the previous release
run_method – either :run or :sudo depending on if :use_sudo is set
latest_release – release path or the current release depending on if the current symlink is valid
maintenence_basename – defaults to “maintenance”. This and maintenence_tempate_path are used to customize the page shown when the application is disabled (e.g. cap deploy:web:disable)
maintenence_template_path – defaults to the ‘templates/maintenance.rhtml’ path
migrate_env
migrate_target – the version to migrate to. Defaults to :latest