Releases Script

deploy.sh

#!/bin/sh
RELEASES_DIR=~/www/releases
SYMLINK_TO=~/www/current
CURRENT=`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S`
RELEASE_DIR=$RELEASES_DIR/$CURRENT

## Initiate the new release
mkdir $RELEASE_DIR
cd $RELEASE_DIR
hg clone YOUR_REPO_URL .

## Custom Post-Clone stuff here

# You could have things like
# composer install
# php artisan cache:routes
# etc.

## End Custom Post-Clone stuff

## Update the current symlink to the current dir
ln -nfs $RELEASE_DIR $SYMLINK_TO

# Delete oldest dirs, leave latest 5
cd $RELEASES_DIR
cd ..
rm `ls -t | tail -n +6` -rf