Quick copying and deployment of static files for Git.

post-receive

#!/usr/bin/env bash
## @author Jacky Alcine <me@jalcine.me>
## @description post-recieve hook to copy ("deploy") files.
##
## @note This only checks the first ref pushed up; it doesn't iterate.

## Variables to be used.
LIVE_PATH="<your path here>"
LIVE_BRANCH="production"

# Collect the first branch to be
read oldrev newrev refname
if [ $refname = "refs/heads/$LIVE_BRANCH" ]; then
  # Save the location of the git repository.
  THE_GIT_DIR="$PWD";

  # Move into the place of action.
  cd "$LIVE_PATH";

  # Export needed paths.
  export GIT_DIR="$THE_GIT_DIR";
  export GIT_WORK_TREE="$LIVE_PATH";

  # Checkout and reset the files as needed.
  git checkout $LIVE_BRANCH -f -v
  git reset --hard
fi