Lazy dev script. Quickly copy your files since whatever Git revision to remote server.

git-scp.sh

#!/usr/bin/env sh
IFS=$'\n'
export dest=$1
revision=$2
default_revision="HEAD~1"

function tar_upload() {
	local server=${dest%:*}
	local remote_dir=${dest#*:}
	sed -e 's/^.*-\> //g' |\
	add_quotes |\
	xargs tar cz |\
	ssh "$server" tar xzv --warning=timestamp -C "$remote_dir"
}

function add_quotes() {
	while read line; do
		if [ -e "$line" ]; then
			echo \"$line\"
		else
			echo "File no longer exists: $line" 1>&2
		fi
	done
}

if [ -z "$dest" ]; then
	echo "usage: $( basename "$0" ) <destination> <revision>"
	exit
fi

# go to root of repo
cd "$( git rev-parse --show-toplevel )"
# check revision
[ -z "$revision" ] && revision="$default_revision"
# show the revision we're uploading
git show --oneline "$revision" | head -n1
# see if there's anything to do
git diff --quiet "$revision"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
	echo "No changes; nothing to upload!"
else
	git diff --name-only "$revision" | tar_upload
fi