a simple script to automate deploying a CE app with submodules to heroku

heroku_deploy.rake

desc "Deploy to Heroku"
task :deploy_heroku do 
  app = 'myappname'
  temp_path = "/tmp/heroku-deploys/#{app}"  
  deploy_path = "~/heroku-deploys/#{app}"  
    
  system "mkdir -p #{temp_path}"
  system "rm -rf #{temp_path}/*"
  system "tar -C . -cf - . | tar -C #{temp_path}/ -xpf -"
  system "cd #{temp_path} && find . -regex '.*git.*' -exec rm -rf {} \\;"
  system "cd #{temp_path} && find . -regex '.*DS_S.*' -exec rm -rf {} \\;" #I'm on a Mac, and wanted to get rid of these files

  system "cp -R #{temp_path}/* #{deploy_path}"
      
  system "cd #{deploy_path} && git add . && git commit -a -m 'Updating #{app} App' && git push heroku master"
end

## Make sure that deploy_path exists and is a git repo with heroku as a remote