Capistrano Recipe to RSync from build server to app server

common_production.rb

set :repository, '.'
set :scm, :none
set :deploy_via, :copy

set :user, 'your-user-name'
set :deploy_to, "your/application/dir"

namespace :deploy do

  desc <<-DESC
    Update all servers with the latest release of the source code.
    Since production servers do not have access to SCM, we use
    rsync to push to code to the servers.
  DESC
  task :update_code, :roles => [:app, :web] do
    on_rollback { run "rm -rf #{release_path}; true" }

    username = user || ENV['USER']

    run <<-CMD
      rsync -avz -e ssh '#{Dir.pwd}/' \
            '#{username}@$CAPISTRANO:HOST$:#{release_path}' \
            --exclude 'log' \
            --exclude 'tmp' 
            --exclude 'public/assets' \
            --exclude 'public/files' \
            --exclude 'public/system'
    CMD

    run <<-CMD
      rsync -avz -e ssh '#{Dir.pwd}/../../shared/assets/' \
            '#{username}@$CAPISTRANO:HOST$:#{shared_path}/assets'
    CMD

    run <<-CMD
      rsync -avz -e ssh '#{Dir.pwd}/../../shared/bundle/' \
            '#{username}@$CAPISTRANO:HOST$:#{shared_path}/bundle'
    CMD

    run <<-CMD
      ln -nfs #{shared_path}/log #{release_path}/log &&
      ln -nfs #{shared_path}/assets #{release_path}/public/assets &&
      ln -nfs #{shared_path}/files #{release_path}/public/files &&
      ln -nfs #{shared_path}/system #{release_path}/public/system
    CMD

  end

end