deploy.rb

begin
  require 'capistrano_colors'
rescue LoadError
  puts "Cannot load Capistrano Colors gem"
end
 
set :rails_env,     ENV['rails_env'] || ENV['RAILS_ENV'] || 'beta'
set :extra_deploys, 'config/deployments/'
 
set :application, 'appname'
set :user,        application
set :domain,      'deploy_to.server.com'
 
set :deploy_via,   :copy
set :copy_cache,   true
set :copy_exclude, [".git"]
 
set :scm,          :git
set :scm_username, ENV['USER']
set :repository,   "#{scm_username}@git.companycoinc.com:#{application}.git"
set :branch,       "master"
 
role :app,  domain
role :web,  domain
role :db,   domain, :primary => true
 
set :use_sudo, false
set :git_shallow_clone, 1
 
default_run_options[:pty] = true
 
namespace :deploy do
  # NOTE: Verbose so that others know what this deployment entails
  desc 'default redeployment method'
  task :default do
    git.tag
    update
    migrate
    restart
    company.send_tweet
  end
  
  desc "Restarting mod_rails with restart.txt"
  task :restart, :roles => :app, :except => { :no_release => true } do
    run "touch #{current_path}/tmp/restart.txt"
  end
 
  [:start, :stop].each do |t|
    desc "#{t} task is a no-op with mod_rails"
    task t, :roles => :app do ; end
  end
end
 
desc 'Git related recipes'
namespace :git do
  # NOTE: Not used in this deployment, but can be added after update (like wise, rake gems:install)
  desc 'pulls down submodules after performing a deployment'
  task :submodules do
    run "cd #{deploy_to}/current && 
         git submodule init && 
         git submodule update"
  end
 
  desc "Tag the current branch for a release"
  task :tag do
    timestamp = Time.now.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
    tag_name = ENV['TAG'] || "#{timestamp}-REL"
    system "git tag -a -m 'Tagged for release on #{timestamp}' #{tag_name}"
    system "git push --tags"
  end
end
 
# Loads environment specific cap tasks, namespaces and overrides anything above!
puts extra_deploys && File.exist?(extra_deploys+rails_env+".rb") ? 
  ("Loaded #{extra_deploys+rails_env}.rb" if load extra_deploys+rails_env) : 
  "Could not find #{extra_deploys+rails_env}.rb"