Deploying with Git

gistfile1.sh

mkdir ~/git/website.git && ~/git/cd website.git
git init --bare

mkdir ~/webapps/website
git config core.bare false
git config core.worktree /home/rafi/webapps/website      ; NO TRAILING SLASH!!! Will screw up things real bad.
git config receive.denycurrentbranch ignore
; create a hook
cat > hooks/post-receive
#!/bin/sh
git checkout -f
; make it executable
chmod +x hooks/post-receive

; on client
git remote add web user@service:git/website.git
git push web +master:refs/heads/master

; to update worktree submodules
git --git-dir=~/git/website.git submodule update --init

post-receive

#!/bin/sh
git checkout -f

Added an Ansible example of this at https://gist.github.com/rafi/a7ecce7d008782175b95