capistrano-scm-localgitcopy

A copy strategy for Capistrano 3, which uses git ls-files local, tars the files, uploads and extracts.

It depends on the local git revision.

It is helpfull if you have a shred web hoster like netcup with a very limited set of commands.

Requirements

Machine running Capistrano:

Capistrano 3
tar
git

Servers:

Installation

First make sure you install the capistrano-scm-localgitcopy by adding it to your Gemfile:

gem "capistrano-scm-localgitcopy"

Add to Capfile:

require 'capistrano/scm/localgitcopy'
install_plugin Capistrano::SCM::LocalGitCopy

Configuration (defaults)

set :local_git_copy_archive_name, 'deploy-archive.tar.gz'      # local archive name
set :local_git_copy_include_dir,  './'                         # you can use a subfolder for deployment
set :local_git_copy_tar_roles,    :all                         # roles to run on tar
set :local_git_copy_tar_verbose,  true                         # enable verbose mode for tar
set :local_git_copy_exclude_dir,  nil                          # exclude directories
set :local_git_copy_temp_file,    '/tmp/deploy-archive.tar.gz' # temp file on server

Pitfall: git and utf 8 chars

If you have problems with utf8 chars in file names that wont included in the deploy tar, do the following:

$ git config --global core.precomposeunicode true
$ git config core.precomposeunicode.true

$ git ls-files | grep "\""
$ git rm --cached "`printf "<File>"`" #this for each file
$ git commit -m "clean up bad encoding of file names"

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Changelog

0.2.0

add prefix local_git_copy_ to options
rename plugin class from Capistrano::SCM::Localgitcopy to Capistrano::SCM::LocalGitCopy
really use local_git_copy_tar_roles

0.1.0

Initial release