gistfile1.rb

# deploy.rb

require 'yaml'
APP_CONFIG = YAML.load(File.read(RAILS_ROOT + "/config/app_config.yml"))

default_run_options[:pty] = true

set :user,        APP_CONFIG['user']
set :domain,      APP_CONFIG['domain']
set :application, APP_CONFIG['application']

set :scm, 'git'
set :repository,  "#{user}@#{domain}:#{application}.git" 
set :deploy_to, "/home/#{user}/#{domain}" 
set :deploy_via, :remote_cache

set :branch, 'master'
set :git_shallow_clone, 1
set :scm_verbose, true
set :use_sudo, false

server domain, :app, :web
role :db, domain, :primary => true

namespace :deploy do
  desc "Ask Passenger to restart the web server."
  task :restart do
    run "touch #{current_path}/tmp/restart.txt" 
  end
  
  desc "Symlink shared configuration and folders on each release."
  task :symlink_shared do
    run "ln -nfs #{shared_path}/config/database.yml #{release_path}/config/database.yml"
    run "ln -nfs #{shared_path}/assets #{release_path}/public/assets"
  end
  
  desc "Sync the public/asset directory."
  task :assets do
    system "rsync -vr --exclude='.DS_Store' public/assets #{user}@#{domain}:#{shared_path}/"
  end
end

after 'deploy:update_code', 'deploy:symlink_shared'