deploy.rb

set :application, "test-project"


set :repository, "git://github.com/xdite/test-project.git"
set :branch, "master"
set :deploy_to, "/home/apps/test-project"

set :user, "apps"
#set :port, "1234"
set :use_sudo, false

set :scm, "git"
set :deploy_via, :remote_cache
set :rake, "/opt/ruby-enterprise/bin/rake"

role :app, "1.2.3.4"
role :web, "1.2.3.4"
role :db,  "1.2.3.4", :primary => true

namespace :deploy do
  task :restart, :roles => :app, :except => { :no_release => true } do
       run "touch #{current_path}/tmp/restart.txt"
  end
end

namespace :my_tasks do
  desc "Create database.yml and asset packages for staging"
  task :symlink, :roles => [:app] do
    symlink_hash = {
      "#{shared_path}/config/database.yml" => "#{release_path}/config/database.yml",
      "#{shared_path}/system" => "#{release_path}/public/system"
    }
    
    symlink_hash.each do |source, target|
      run "ln -sf #{source} #{target}"
    end
    
  end
end

after "deploy:update_code", "my_tasks:symlink"