MGD - Minimal Git Deploy

MGD is an ultra-simple git deployable system.

While there are plenty of other better git deployment solutions out there (seriously, just search github for "git-deploy" if you want something that doesn't completely suck), sometimes you just want something quick and dirty.

Enter MGD, a git deployment system intentionally acronymed after a certain brand of beer. It's quick, it's dirty, it'll get the job done, but it's not exactly something you want to tell anyone about

Installing MGD on Server

On your server:

git clone https://github.com/choptastic/mgd
cd mgd
sudo make install

Setting up a repository

On your server:

For Public Repos

mgd https://github.com/yourname/projectname.git

For Private Repos

mgd git@github.com:yourname/projectname.git

Once The above is finished

The app itself will be placed into apps/projectname
The bare git repo will be placed into git/projectname.git

If you need some extra scripts (like enabling hot code reloading in Erlang, or if you use something less enlightened, you can restart the server or whatever you need to do), then just edit the contents of git/projectname.git/hooks/post-receive.

On your workstation

You don't need to think too hard about this one, since the above step tells you almost exactly what to do when the installation process completes.

git remote add live <username>@<servername>/path/to/git/projectname.git
git push live master

That's it

Yep, it doesn't do anything else. It just sets up the server to receive deployments and push them.

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Author: Jesse Gumm (@jessegumm)

License: MIT LICENSE