capistrano-syncfiles

This gem provides up and down file syncing with rsync, tar or sftp. This could be usefull if you are in a shared hosting environment.

Supports folder excludes.

Installation

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

gem "capistrano-syncfiles"

Add to Capfile

require 'capistrano/syncfiles'

Configuration (deploy.rb)

Configure your files and folders like these:

set :syncfiles, {
  'wordpress/wp-content/uploads' => {                     # local path
      remote: 'wordpress/wp-content/uploads',             # remote path
      exclude: ['fvm', 'ithemes-security', 'wc-logs']     # excluded folders/files, based on local path, works also for remote
  }
}
set :syncfiles_rsync_options, '-avzuO'

set :syncfiles_roles, :all  # roles to run on, default: :all

set :syncfiles_temp_file    # applies only to tar strategy, default: "/tmp/transfere-#{local_path.hash}.tar.gz"

set :syncfiles_tar_verbose  # applies only to tar strategy, default: true

set :syncfiles_sftp_password # password for sftp connection

Usage

The following tasks will be added

cap syncfiles:rsync:down
cap syncfiles:rsync:up

cap syncfiles:tar:down
cap syncfiles:tar:up    

cap syncfiles:sftp:down
cap syncfiles:sftp:up    

You can invoke this tasks(Rake) as you do normally: https://github.com/ruby/rake

Capistrano tasks: http://capistranorb.com/documentation/getting-started/flow/

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Changelog

1.0.0

• add syncfiles_rsync_options default options

0.3.0

• use current_path instead of release_path

0.2.0

• add sftp strategy

0.1.0

• Initial release