Git Push to deploy setup

git-push-to-deploy.md

Setup GIT push-to-deploy

Push to remote repo will automagically update the files.

1. Set-up bare git on remote

    $ cd /var/www/{appfolder}
    $ sudo mkdir .git
    $ cd .git
    $ sudo git init --bare
   

This will initialize a bare git repository on remote machine 2. Create post-receive hook

    $ sudo nano hooks/post-receive
    ================================================
    #!/bin/sh
    GIT_WORK_TREE=/var/www/{appfolder} git checkout -f master
    -- OR --
    GIT_WORK_TREE=/var/www/{appfolder} git checkout -f develop
    -- OR --
    GIT_WORK_TREE=/var/www/{appfolder} git checkout -f features/{feature_name}

The last column is to check-out the relevant branches. 3. Make post-receive hooks executable

    $ sudo chmod +x hooks/post-receive

4. Make .git folder writeable to user

    $ sudo chown -R ubuntu .
   

5. Make www folder writable to user

    $ cd /var/www
    $ sudo chown -R ubuntu:www-data {appfolder}/.
   

6. Add remote repo to your local git workstation and push to deploy!

Please ensure that your files are writable by www-data (AWS Ubuntu) or ec2-user (AWS CentOS)