symlinks.rb

set :normal_symlinks, %w(
  config/solr.yml
  config/memcached.yml
  config/database.yml
  config/mongrel_cluster.yml
)

set :weird_symlinks, {
  'network_data_cache' => 'tmp/network_data_cache',
  'impact_data_cache'  => 'tmp/impact_data_cache',
  'podcast'            => 'public/gitsplosion',
  'tarballs'           => 'public/tarballs',
  'system'             => 'public/system'
}

namespace :symlinks do
  desc "Make all the damn symlinks"
  task :make, :roles => :app, :except => { :no_release => true } do
    commands = normal_symlinks.map do |path|
      "rm -rf #{release_path}/#{path} && \
       ln -s #{shared_path}/#{path} #{release_path}/#{path}"
    end

    commands += weird_symlinks.map do |from, to|
      "rm -rf #{release_path}/#{to} && \
       ln -s #{shared_path}/#{from} #{release_path}/#{to}"
    end

    # needed for some of the symlinks
    run "mkdir -p #{current_path}/tmp"

    run <<-CMD
      cd #{release_path} &&
      #{commands.join(" && ")}
    CMD
  end
end

after "deploy:update_code", "symlinks:make"