Introduction

github-heroku-pusher does pretty much what sounds like it does. It takes a github repo, grabs the latest version and pushes it to heroku.

Setup

In order for the pusher to run, we need to set these six variables:

But first, generate a keypair with ssh-keygen -t rsa -f ~/path/to/a/tmp-dir/id_rsa 2>&1

• HEROKU_USERNAME
• HEROKU_API_KEY (Found at the bottom of the account page)
• GITHUB_REPO (Example: git@github.com:ajlai/Test.git)
• HEROKU_REPO (Example: git@heroku.com:smooth-sword-2980.git)
• PUBLIC_KEY (contents of the id_rsa.pub file generated above)
• PRIVATE_KEY (contents of the id_rsa file generated above)

Next, we can set up the app in Heroku:

git clone git://github.com/maccman/github-heroku-pusher.git
cd github-heroku-pusher
heroku create --stack cedar
git push heroku master

Now, set up the variables from earlier under Heroku's config vars:

Finally, set up the post-receive url to point to YOUR_APP/post-receive (Example: http://severe-dusk-3039.herokuapp.com/post-receive)

Try pushing a commit to master on your github repo, and watch Heroku redeploy the code!

TODO

• Speed up cloning (git clone via http is slow as molasses, let's use git://)
• Support for multiple repo monitoring
• Test cases