git-deployment.md

Summary of site deployment using git

Overview

Site developed in git

Expected web server folder layout:

• /<root>/repo/<site>.git - git repo on web server
• /<root>/www/<site> - git content on web server

Web server setup

mkdir /<root>/repo/<site>.git
cd /<root>/repo/<site>.git

git init --bare

cat >> hooks/post-receive << EOF
#!/bin/sh
git --work-tree=/<root>/www/<site> --git-dir=/<root>/repo/<site>.git checkout -f
EOF

chmod +x hooks/post-receive

Deploying a repository to the site

git remote add <alias> ssh://<user>@<server>/<root>/repo/<site>.git
git push <alias> <branch>