Example of using Capistrano for a static website

Static site capfile

load 'deploy' if respond_to?(:namespace) # cap2 differentiator

default_run_options[:pty] = true

# be sure to change these
set :github_user, '<github_user_name>'
set :github_application, "<repository_name>"
set :user, '<user_on_server>'
set :domain, '<server_name>'
set :application, '<domain_name_of_static_site>'

# the rest should be good
set :repository,  "[email protected]:#{github_user}/#{github_application}.git"
set :deploy_to, "/var/apps/#{application}"  # or whatever path you want to copy it to
set :deploy_via, :remote_cache
set :scm, 'git'
set :branch, 'master'
set :git_shallow_clone, 1
set :scm_verbose, true
set :use_sudo, false

server domain, :app, :web

# xbit is a script that runs chmod +x on all html files 
# because the site uses server side includes
namespace :deploy do
  task :xbit do
      run "cd /var/apps/#{application}/current; ../xbit"
  end
end