Drush Alias Wildcard for Enjoy Creativity server, allgoo.de.

ec.aliases.drushrc.php

<?php
  /*
   *   Name: Drush Alias Wildcard
   *
   *   Description: When working on Enjoy Creativity's server, you
   *    can always assume the connection information is the same,
   *    except for the project name. Once you set up your
   *    ~/.ssh/config to use the hostname for the project, this
   *    command will let you sync the database or files directory
   *    between local and dev.
   *
   *   The following alias patterns are expected when this file is
   *    named ec.aliases.drushrc.php:
   *
   *   @ec.PROJECT.local   (for the site on local MAMP)
   *   @ec.PROJECT.dev     (for the site on dev server, allgoo.de)
   *
   *   This file allows you to use Drush aliases as you may already
   *    be used to, including syncing databases and files from one
   *    alias to another.
   *
   *   For example, the first command syncs the files directory
   *    from dev to live and the second command syncs the database
   *    from dev to live:
   *
   *   drush rsync @ec.example.dev:%files/ @ec.example.local:%files
   *   drush sql-sync @ec.example.dev @ec.example.local
   *
   *   Assumptions:
   *    - You're working with a project on the Enjoy Creativity
   *     development server (http://its.allgoo.de).
   *    - The server is running the Git Dev Workflow by eosrei
   *     https://github.com/eosrei/git-dev-workflow.
   *    - This command is being run locally, not on the server.
   *    - You already have the project added to your ~/.ssh/config.
   *    - You are running MAMP, with the Drupal project the name
   *     of the folder (ie. /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/example).
   *    - You have a folder called 'drush.dbdumps' located at
   *     /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/.
   *    - This file goes within your .drush directory.
   *    - Your Drupal files directory is at sites/default/files.
   *    - All projects relevant to Enjoy Creativity are using the
   *     same pattern for file structure.
   *    - No multisites.
   *
   *   Credits: This alias was written by David Needham of Enjoy
   *    Creativity. Enjoy Creativity is a nonprofit with the 
   *    purpose of serving churches and ministries through the 
   *    use and enrichment of open source technologies.
   *
   *   For more info, contact via http://enjoycreativity.com.
   */

  // The command you just typed in shell.
  $command = $_SERVER['argv'];

  // Look at every argument...
  foreach ($command as $arg){
    // There aren't many cases where there are '.'...
    $test = explode('.',$arg);
    // ... but there is only one case where there is '@ec'
    if($test[0]=="@ec"){
      // Set the project to be whatever comes after the '@ec.'
      $project = $test[1];
    }
  }

  // Again we assume we're running MAMP locally. You can probably
  //  change this to whatever your local environment is.
  $local_sites = '/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/';
  // This will be PROJECT.local
  $aliases[$project . '.local'] = array(
    // Where the local Drupal root is at.
    'root' => $local_sites . $project,
    'path-aliases' => array(
      // Where are your local files located at?
      '%files' => $local_sites . $project . '/sites/default/files',
      // Where should drush dumps go?
      '%dump-dir' => '/tmp',
    )
  );

  // We can always assume that allgoo.de follows this pattern, and
  //  we only care about interacting with dev.
  $remote_sites = '/var/www/' . $project;
  // This will be PROJECT.dev
  $aliases[$project . '.dev'] = array(
    // Where the remote Drupal root is at.
    'root' => $remote_sites . '/dev',
    // If ~/.ssh/config is set up, all you need is the host.
    'remote-host' => $project,
    'path-aliases' => array(
      // Where should drush dumps go?
      '%files' => $remote_sites . '/dev/sites/default/files',
      // Where are your remote files located at? For some reason my
      //  text editor doesn't like '/home/', so I separate it out
      //  and concatonate it back together. Not sure why this is,
      //  or if it makes a significant difference.
      '%dump-dir' => '/tmp',
    )
  );

?>