Simple Rake file for compiling and deploying a Jekyll site along with CoffeeScript and Compass. Expects the following commands to be present: jekyll, coffee, compass, sleep, open

Readme.md

Compile, Watch and Deploy a Jekyll Site

Make sure to have the required settings set in _config.yml.

This will compile SASS/SCSS using compass and a config.rb and compile CoffeeScript file found using static/**/*.coffee.

Deploy to Specific Env

Make sure you have an entry for each of your environments set in the config file.

rake deploy env=production

_config.yml

# The following settings need to be present

# Part of Jekyll settings
server_port: 3636
destination: '_site'

# Deploy
environments:
  stage:
    url: http://beta.google.com/
    remote:
      connection: user@ssh-host.com
      path: /path/to/deploy/to
  production:
    url: http://google.com/

Rakefile

require 'yaml'

config_file = '_config.yml'
config = YAML.load_file(config_file)

class JekyllOutput
  def self.compile
    Process.spawn "jekyll --no-server --no-auto"
  end

  def self.watch
    Process.spawn "jekyll"
  end
end

class CoffeeScriptOutput
  def self.compile
    Process.spawn "coffee --compile static/**/*.coffee"
  end

  def self.watch
    Process.spawn "coffee --watch --compile static/**/*.coffee"
  end
end

class CompassOutput
  def self.compile
    Process.spawn "compass compile"
  end

  def self.watch
    Process.spawn "compass watch"
  end
end

desc "Generate Jekyll site"
task :compile do
  coffeePid  = CoffeeScriptOutput::compile
  compassPid = CompassOutput::compile

  pre = Process.wait()
  jekyllPid = JekyllOutput::compile

  trap("INT") {
    [compassPid, compassPid].each { |pid| Process.kill(9, pid) rescue Errno::ESRCH }
    exit 0
  }

  Process.wait jekyllPid
end

desc "Generate Jekyll site and watch for changes"
task :watch do
  coffeePid  = CoffeeScriptOutput::watch
  compassPid = CompassOutput::watch
  jekyllPid  = JekyllOutput::watch

  sh "sleep 2 && open http://localhost:#{config['server_port']}/"

  trap("INT") {
    [jekyllPid, compassPid, compassPid].each { |pid| Process.kill(9, pid) rescue Errno::ESRCH }
    exit 0
  }

  [jekyllPid, compassPid, compassPid].each { |pid| Process.wait(pid) }
end

desc "Deploy Jekyll site"
task :deploy do
  env = ENV['env'] || 'stage'

  Rake::Task["compile"].invoke
  sh "scp -rp #{config['destination']}/* #{config['environments'][env]['remote']['connection']}:#{config['environments'][env]['remote']['path']} && open #{config['environments'][env]['url']}"
end

task :default => 'watch'