Dandelion

Incremental Git repository deployment.

Install

Ensure that Ruby and RubyGems are installed, then run:

$ gem install dandelion

Alternatively, you can build the gem yourself:

$ git clone git://github.com/scttnlsn/dandelion.git
$ cd dandelion
$ rake install

Config

Configuration options are specified in a YAML file (by default, the root of your Git repository is searched for a file named dandelion.yml). Example:

# Required
scheme: sftp
host: example.com
username: user
password: pass

# Optional
path: path/to/deployment
exclude:
    - .gitignore
    - dandelion.yml
revision_file: .revision

Schemes

There is support for multiple backend file transfer schemes. The configuration must specify one of these schemes and the set of additional parameters required by the given scheme.

SFTP: scheme: sftp

Required:

• host
• username
• password

Optional:

• path
• exclude
• port
• revision_file (defaults to .revision)
• preserve_permissions (defaults to true)

FTP: scheme: ftp

Required:

• host
• username
• password

Optional:

• path
• exclude
• port
• revision_file (defaults to .revision)
• passive (defaults to true)

Amazon S3: scheme: s3

Required:

• access_key_id
• secret_access_key
• bucket_name

Optional:

• path
• exclude
• revision_file (defaults to .revision)

Usage

From within your Git repository, run:

$ dandelion deploy

This will deploy the local HEAD revision to the location specified in the config file. Dandelion keeps track of the currently deployed revision so that only files which have been added/changed/deleted need to be transferred.

You can specify the revision you wish to deploy and Dandelion will determine which files need to be transferred:

$ dandelion deploy <revision>

For a more complete summary of usage options, run:

$ dandelion -h
Usage: dandelion [options] <command> [<args>]
    -v, --version                    Display the current version
    -h, --help                       Display this screen
        --repo=[REPO]                Use the given repository
        --config=[CONFIG]            Use the given configuration file

Available commands:
    deploy
    status

Note that when specifying the repository or configuration file, the given paths are relative to the current working directory (not the repository root). To see the options for a particular command, run:

$ dandelion <command> -h