Deployment section from a customer Azure deploy.cmd

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:: Deployment
:: ----------

:Deployment
echo Handling node.js deployment.



:: 2. Select node version
call :SelectNodeVersion

:: 3. Install npm packages
IF EXIST "%DEPLOYMENT_TARGET%\package.json" (
  pushd "%DEPLOYMENT_TARGET%"
  call :ExecuteCmd !NPM_CMD! install --production
  IF !ERRORLEVEL! NEQ 0 goto error
  popd
)

:: 4. Build DocPad Site
echo Building the DocPad site
pushd %DEPLOYMENT_TARGET%
call  %DEPLOYMENT_TARGET%\node_modules\.bin\docpad.cmd generate
IF !ERRORLEVEL! NEQ 0 goto error

:: 1. KuduSync
echo KuduSync executing
IF /I "%IN_PLACE_DEPLOYMENT%" NEQ "1" (
  call :ExecuteCmd "%KUDU_SYNC_CMD%" -v 50 -f "%DEPLOYMENT_SOURCE%" -t "%DEPLOYMENT_TARGET%" -n "%NEXT_MANIFEST_PATH%" -p "%PREVIOUS_MANIFEST_PATH%" -i ".git;.hg;.deployment;deploy.cmd"
  IF !ERRORLEVEL! NEQ 0 goto error
)

The problem here is that you still do the npm installl on the target path, to make this work you need to run npm on the source (or possibly a third intermediate directory) and then kudu sync it to the target.

psuedo code:

copy %source%  to %some_temp%
cd %some_temp%
npm install
docpad generate
call :ExecuteCmd "%KUDU_SYNC_CMD%" -v 50 -f "%some_temp%" -t "%DEPLOYMENT_TARGET%" -n "%NEXT_MANIFEST_PATH%" -p "%PREVIOUS_MANIFEST_PATH%" -i ".git;.hg;.deployment;deploy.cmd"