caprc.rb

# DESCRIPTION: Cap task to setup the current directory as git repository and then create and push to a remote repository via ssh.
#
# INSTALL: Copy to home directory as ~/.caprc
# RUN: cap git:setup scm=t
# If it's a Rails app run
# RUN: cap git:setup scm=t railsapp=t
#
# AUTHOR: Andy Henson (http://www.elaptics.co.uk) based on code by Geoffrey Grosenbach http://peepcode.com
#

if ENV['scm']
  role :scm,                 "git.example.com"
  set  :user,                "deploy"
  set  :scm_hostname,        "git.example.com"
  set  :remote_git_repo_dir, "/home/deploy/git-repos" # where you want to store your git repositories
end

namespace :git do

  desc "Setup Git repo in the current directory and create remotely"
  task :setup, :roles => :scm do    
    repo            = File.basename(FileUtils.pwd)
    remote_repo_dir = "#{remote_git_repo_dir}/#{repo}.git"
    unless Capistrano::CLI.ui.agree("Are you sure you want to setup '#{repo}'? (yes/no): ")
      puts "Git setup aborted."
      exit
    end

    unless File.exists?(".git")
      system "git init"
      if ENV['railsapp']
        system %(echo ".DS_Store\ndb/*.sqlite3\ndoc/api\ndoc/app\nlog/*.log\ntmp/**/*" >> .gitignore)
        system "touch tmp/.gitignore"
        system "touch log/.gitignore"
      end
      system "git add ."
      system "git commit -m \"Initial Commit\""      
    end

    run [
      "mkdir -p #{remote_repo_dir}",
      "cd #{remote_repo_dir}",
      "git --bare init",
    ].join(" && ")

    system "git remote add origin ssh://#{user}@#{scm_hostname}/#{remote_repo_dir}"
    system "git push origin master"
    # Configure new remote repo as the origin
    system %(echo "[branch \\"master\\"]\n\tremote = origin\n\tmerge = refs/heads/master" >> .git/config)
  end

end