"git push" deploys for convox

Introduction

convox/rack is an open-source PaaS, "built entirely on AWS cloud services for maximum privacy and minimum upkeep".

You can use the convox CLI to deploy new code by running convox deploy. The deploy command creates a tarball of all files in the project directory, excluding files listed in .dockerignore.

setup.sh clones your project into .convox-build, sets up a git post-receive hook that runs convox deploy, and sets up a convox git remote pointing to .convox-build. You can run git push convox to deploy new code.

Setup (Script)

cd <your project directory>
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FormAPI/convox-git-push/master/setup.sh | bash

Setup (Manual)

cd <your project directory>

touch .git/info/exclude
grep -q .convox-build .git/info/exclude || echo ".convox-build" >> .git/info/exclude

git clone . ./.convox-build
git remote add convox ./.convox-build
(cd ./.convox-build && git config --local receive.denyCurrentBranch updateInstead)

if [ -d .convox ]; then
  ln -fs ../.convox ./.convox-build/.convox
fi

cat > ./.convox-build/.git/hooks/post-receive <<EOF
#!/bin/sh
read OLDSHA NEWSHA REF
# Do nothing if branch was deleted
if [ "$NEWSHA" = "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000" ]; then exit; fi
REVISION=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
echo "Deploying $REVISION to convox..."
cd ..
convox deploy
EOF
chmod +x .convox-build/.git/hooks/post-receive

Usage

git push convox

Why?

• Ensure you don't include any files by accident (e.g. you forgot to add something to .dockerignore)
• No need to git stash or git checkout before deploying new code.
• Easily push a different branch to convox, e.g. git push convox mybranch:master
• Makes convox feel like Heroku, and git push deploys are cool

Uninstall

cd <your project directory>
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FormAPI/convox-git-push/master/uninstall.sh | bash