basic release management for php type applications that only involve file copy

gistfile1.sh

#!/bin/bash
#git pull

releaseDir=`date +%F-%H-%M-%S`
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/releases/$releaseDir
sudo chown ec2-user.ec2-user /var/www/releases/$releaseDir

#assumes docroot is the name of the directory in your repo to deploy
cp -r ./docroot /var/www/releases/$releaseDir/

cd /var/www/releases/$releaseDir/app/

composer install

#swap out docroot directories for the new release -- make it live
sudo ln -s /var/www/releases/$releaseDir/docroot /var/www/docroot_tmp && sudo mv -Tf /var/www/docroot_tmp /var/www/html

#cleanup all but newest 5 releases
cd /var/www/releases/
sudo rm -fR `ls -t /var/www/releases/ | tail -n +6`

echo 'Deployment successful!'