gistfile1.rb

namespace :deploy do
  task :example do
    puts ""
  end
end

namespace :database do

  task :configured? do
    true if capture("/mysql/daemon.status/or/something?") =~ /OK/
  end

  task :configure do
    run "configure mysql" unless configured?
  end
  
  task :seed do
    run "Seed database somehow...."
  end
  
end

before "database:seed", "database:configure"
before "deploy:update_code", "database:seed"


before "deploy:symlink", "deploy:example"

after "deploy:symlink" do
  
  # this is an inline task
  run "task that creates /remote/file"
  download('/remote/file', '/tmp/local-file')
  
end