Persistent Folder creating multiple folders

[bbashy]

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Expected behaviour

Symlinks a folder/file (defined) to the shared directory

Actual behaviour

I'm trying to link the storage folder (Laravel) and have it persistent over each release. It seems to be duplicating the folder on each deploy like it's copying it then symlinking.

I have this folder structure;

shared
->storage
-->storage (created each deploy)

The symlink works correctly and points to the 1 level deep folder.

# ls -lah
storage -> /var/www/project/shared/storage

Steps to reproduce

• Add project.
• Add folder (that exists in the repo) to files tab in deployer.
• Deploy

Environment info

For both deployer and web servers
Operating System: Debian Jessie 64
PHP Version: PHP 7.0.11-1

[REBELinBLUE]

Hmm, interesting. Which distro/version of Linux are you using on the server you are deploying to?

[bbashy]

Debian Jessie 64
PHP 7.0.11-1

Had it on two different servers now. Could be something I'm doing wrong as the duplicate folder isn't ever used and looks like the default in Laravel (with no cache/session files).

[REBELinBLUE]

Interesting, that sounds like exactly the same setup as my test VMs. i'll have a play around this evening and see if I can recreate it

[bbashy]

I believe I tried both /storage/ and storage/ but you could test that also.

Thanks for the swift response 👍

[bbashy]

Not sure what you've looked into yet but this could be it: https://github.com/REBELinBLUE/deployer/blob/master/resources/scripts/deploy/ShareDirectory.sh#L3

[bbashy]

Definitely that copy command. Getting this when I set shared folder to nginx user/group.

cp: cannot create directory ‘/home/user/project/shared/storage/storage’: Permission denied

[REBELinBLUE]

Hey, sorry for the late reply, I have been on holiday the last few weeks without a net connection. I will take a look at this issue this evening

[bbashy]

No problem! It's not made deployments fail but an interesting issue.

If you need any logs or info, let me know.