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Re: [capistrano] Deploying without SCM

Joe McDonagh <joseph.e.mcdon...@gmail.com>

sixones wrote:
> Hello,

> I've seen this question pop up a few times but haven't been able to
> find a clear answer. Is there away to deploy with Capistrano without
> using SCM? I like the idea of the automated deployment strategies
> available with Capistrano and would like to benefit rather than
> manually uploading via SFTP etc..

> I fully understand how important SCM is but I'm planning on using
> Capistrano to deploy binary builds to a remote server. Storing the
> builds inside a repository just doesn't make sense for obvious
> reasons.

> Thanks in advance

There is a 'put' method that uses scp to transfer files. You can make a
task that uses this method to upload binaries.

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Joe McDonagh
Operations Engineer
www.colonfail.com