A CoffeeScript Cakefile to generate a control deploy.coffee file for your application

Cakefile

fs      = require 'fs'
control = require 'control'
task    = control.task

task "deploy_script", "Creates a deployment script for your application", ->
  appName           = "appName"
  serverEnvironment = "staging"
  serverAddress     = "myserver.com"
  sshUsername       = "app"
  startCommand      = "/etc/init.d/#{appName} start"
  stopCommand       = "/etc/init.d/#{appName} stop"
  restartCommand    = "/etc/init.d/#{appName} restart"
  deployCommand     = "cd /var/www/#{appName} && git pull origin master && npm install"

  content = []
  content.push "####################################"
  content.push "# Deploy Script - Paul Jensen 2011 #"
  content.push "####################################"
  content.push "#"
  content.push "###### Installation ######"
  content.push "#"
  content.push "#     npm install control"
  content.push "#"
  content.push "###### Usage ######"
  content.push "#"
  content.push "# e.g. coffee deploy.coffee #{serverEnvironment} deploy"
  content.push "#"
  content.push ""
  content.push "control = require 'control'"
  content.push "task    = control.task"
  content.push "perform = control.perform"
  content.push ""
  content.push "task '#{serverEnvironment}', 'config got my server', ->"
  content.push "config = user: '#{sshUsername}'"
  content.push "  addresses = ['#{serverAddress}']"
  content.push "  control.hosts config, addresses"
  content.push ""
  content.push "task 'stop', 'stop the application', (host) ->"
  content.push "  host.ssh '#{stopCommand}'"
  content.push ""
  content.push "task 'start', 'start the application', (host) ->"
  content.push "  host.ssh '#{startCommand}'"
  content.push ""
  content.push "task 'restart', 'restart the application', (host) ->"
  content.push "  host.ssh '#{restartCommand}'"
  content.push ""
  content.push "task 'deploy', 'deploy the latest version of the app', (host) ->"
  content.push "  host.ssh '#{deployCommand}', ->"
  content.push "    perform 'restart', host"
  content.push ""

  fs.writeFile "deploy.coffee", content.join("\n"), (err) ->
    if err
      throw err
      process.exit 1 
    else
      console.log "deploy.coffee has been created for you. Enjoy."
      process.exit 0