Circle Blvd: Deploy with git, precariously: http://circleblvd.org

.Deploy Circle Blvd with git push

1. Prerequisites (see below)
2. Set up the server
3. Set up the client

.prerequisites

1. Set up Circle Blvd on Ubuntu: https://gist.github.com/exclsr/6cd72c7815e0ea1ab74e
2. Have a clone of https://github.com/secret-project/circle-blvd on your local machine

Things to understand: 
-- This is for people comfortable with technical things
-- This isn't exactly a best practice, but it is a starting point.

.ssh-config

# In your .ssh/config file

Host circle-blvd
  HostName <domain or ip address>
  User ubuntu
  IdentiyFile <path to you your pem key>

on client

# Go to your local repo first
# Set up an ssh profile

git remote add deploy circle-blvd:/home/ubuntu/repos/circle-blvd.git
git push deploy +master:refs/heads/master

# To use: git push deploy

on server

mkdir -p ~/repos/circle-blvd.git 
cd repos/circle-blvd.git
git init --bare

cd
chmod +x post-receive
cp post-receive ~/repos/circle-blvd.git/hooks/post-receive 

post-receive

#!/bin/bash

DEPLOY_DIR=/home/ubuntu/apps/circle-blvd
WORK_DIR=/home/ubuntu/working/circle-blvd
mkdir -p $WORK_DIR

# Throw away local changes
GIT_WORK_TREE=${WORK_DIR} git checkout -f

# Get dependencies
cd ${WORK_DIR}/app
npm install --production

# Move into production, precariously
rm -r ${DEPLOY_DIR}/*
# Move dotfiles, too
shopt -s dotglob nullglob
mv ${WORK_DIR}/app/* ${DEPLOY_DIR}