simple deploy recipe for passenger

deploy.rb

set :application, "new-vegas"
set :repository,  "[email protected]:mdominiak/new-vegas.git"

set :scm, :git

set :host, "newvegas.vault106.com"
set :user, "deploy"
set :use_sudo, false
set :deploy_to, "/home/deploy/new-vegas/production"
role :web, host
role :app, host
role :db,  host, :primary => true

after 'deploy:update_code' do
  run "ln -s #{shared_path}/config/database.yml #{release_path}/config/database.yml"
end

namespace :deploy do
  task :start do ; end
  task :stop do ; end
  task :restart, :roles => :app, :except => { :no_release => true } do
    run "touch #{File.join(current_path,'tmp','restart.txt')}"
  end
end

Clean and simple.