GitLab Pipelines CI configuration file to upload changed files to your server when pushed to GitLab

.gitlab-ci.yml

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# Configureation file for GitLab Pipelines FTP deployment.    #
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# Everytime you push you code to Gitlab, the master           #
# branch gets automagically uploaded to your server via FTP.  #
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# You can learn more at https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/   #
# Or for a quick setup:                                       #
# 1) Line 33 - Enter the local directory to mirror. "./"      #
#    defaults to all files in repo.                           #
# 2) Line 33 - Enter the remote directory to mirror your repo #
#    to - no trailing slashes.                                #
# 3) In your GitLab repo settings under CI/CD, enter your FTP #
#    details in the Variables section                         #
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# Add all the various deployment job stages you need
stages:
- build
- test
- deploy

# Files & directories to cache between jobs
#cache:
#  paths:
#  - vendor

# upload job, see https://lftp.yar.ru/lftp-man.html
upload:
  stage: deploy
  script:
  # Use apt-get to install lftp - an ftp tool
  - apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y -qq lftp
  # Use lftp to connect to server and upload files.
  # $USERNAME, $PASSWORD, $HOST - define this in Pipeline Settings in Gitlab.
  # "mirror -Rev" => -R is reverse mirror to put files on the server, "e" deletes files on the server
  # not present in the repo, "v" stands for verbose.
  - lftp -c "set ftp:ssl-allow no; open -u $USERNAME,$PASSWORD $HOST; mirror -Rev ./ ./dynamic.documentaryafrica.hostimatum.com/wp-content/themes/skyline-doca  --ignore-time --parallel=10 --exclude-glob .git* --exclude .git/ .idea/"
  only:
  - master