Changed branch setting to ref

Readme.md

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     host n.n.n.n
     repo git@github.com:visionmedia/express.git
     path /var/www/myapp.com
-    branch origin/master
+    ref origin/master
     post-deploy /var/www/myapp.com/update.sh
 
 ## Directives
@@ -79,11 +79,15 @@
 
         path /var/www/myapp.com
 
-### branch
+### ref
 
-  GIT branch.
+  When specified, __HEAD__ is reset to `ref`. When deploying
+  production typically this will _not_ be used, as `deploy(1)` will
+  utilize the most recent tag by default, however this is useful
+  for a staging environment, as shown below where __HEAD__ is updated
+  and set to the develop branch.
 
-        branch origin/master
+        ref origin/develop
 
 ### Hooks
 

bin/deploy

@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ hook() {
 setup() {
   local path=`config_get path`
   local repo=`config_get repo`
-  local branch=`config_get branch`
   run "mkdir -p $path/{shared/{logs,pids},source}"
   test $? -eq 0 || abort 'setup paths failed'
   log running setup
@@ -213,7 +212,7 @@ deploy() {
   fi
 
   # done
-  log deploy complete
+  log "successfully deployed $ref"
 }
 
 #
@@ -323,4 +322,4 @@ done
 require_env
 
 # deploy
-deploy ${REF:-`config_get branch`}
+deploy ${REF:-`config_get ref`}