This is my attempt to use Git to push to a remote server AND update a version.txt file that is then included and displayed in a web app with the most recent repository tag (1.0, etc.) and the abbreviated commit hash (i.e., the output of "git describe". Naming this file "push", you execute it while passing in the name of the git remote ("./push t…

gistfile1.sh

#!/bin/bash

VERSION_FILE=version.txt
GIT_PATH=/usr/local/git/bin/git
REMOTE_PATH=[full remote path to application root]/$VERSION_FILE
LOCAL_PATH=[full local path to application root]/$VERSION_FILE
TEST_SERVER=[test ip/domain]
PROD_SERVER=[prod ip/domain]

if [ -z "$1" ]; then

  echo 'no server parameter given'
  exit

else

  if [ $1 == "test" ]; then
    SERVER=$TEST_SERVER
    elif [ $1 == "prod" ]; then
    SERVER=$PROD_SERVER
  else
    echo 'invalid server parameter'
    exit
  fi

  $GIT_PATH push $1
  echo "pushed to $1"
  $GIT_PATH describe > $LOCAL_PATH
  echo "updated version.txt"
  scp $LOCAL_PATH $SERVER:$REMOTE_PATH
  echo "copied version.txt to $1"
  exit

fi