Simple gulp-rsync deploy

demo.nginx.conf

server {
    listen   80;

    root /sites/SOME-SITE-ROOT-DIRECTORY/staging0;
    index index.html index.htm;

    server_name staging0.jessechorng.com;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html /index.htm;
    }

    location ~* .(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|ico|css|js|svg)$ {
        expires 1m;
    }

}

gulpfile.js

var argv = require('yargs')
            .options('d', {
              alias: 'dest',
              default: 'staging0'
            })
            .usage('Usage: $0 -d <staging[0-3]|live>')
            .argv;

gulp.task('deploy', ['build'], function() {
  var dest = '/sites/SOME-SITE-ROOT-DIRECTOY/' + argv.d;
  console.log('Deploy Destination: "' + dest + '"');
  return gulp.src('dist/**')
    .pipe($.rsync({
      root: 'dist',
      hostname: 'user@maxrelax.co',
      destination: dest,
      user: 'user',
      incremental: true,
      progress: true,
      compress: true,
      recursive: true
    }));
});

Deploy to staging0
gulp deploy

Deploy to target (such as live)
gulp deploy -d live