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gistfile4.js

// http://www.therightcode.net/deploy-nodejs-application-using-shipit/
// sudo npm i shipit-cli -g
// npm i shipit-deploy --save-dev
// npm i shipit-npm --save-dev

module.exports = function (shipit) {
  require('shipit-deploy')(shipit);  // remote deploy
  require('shipit-npm')(shipit);     // remote auto install npm packages

  var config = {
    default: {
      workspace: '/tmp/project-name-in-deploy-server',
      deployTo: '/usr/src/project-name-in-deploy-server',
      repositoryUrl: 'your git remote url (github, bitbucket, etc...)',
      ignores: ['.git', 'node_modules'],
      keepReleases: 2,
    },
    staging: {
      servers: 'deploy@your-deploy-server-ip'
    }
  };

  shipit.initConfig(config);
  
  var current = config.default.deployTo + '/current';
  // shipit will put the source code in to current folder
  shipit.task('server-on', function() {
    return shipit.remote('cd ' + current + ' && bower i && npm start');
  });
  
  shipit.task('start', function() {
    shipit.start(['deploy', 'server-on']);
  });
};

// run `shipit staging start`