Rails to Static site generation and deployment

buildout.rake

namespace :buildout do
  #----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
  desc "Mirror the dynamic site into Rails.env/out"
  task :mirror do
    outdir = File.join(Rails.root, "out")

    Dir.mkdir(outdir) unless (File.exist?(outdir) && File.directory?(outdir))
    Dir.chdir(outdir) do
      `wget -m -nH http://localhost:3000`
    end

    Find.find(outdir) do |path|
      filedir  = File.dirname(path)
      filename = File.basename(path)

      if File.directory?(path)
        Find.prune if File.basename(path)[0] == ?.
        next
      end

      if path.match(/\?\d+$/)
        File.unlink(path)
      elsif File.extname(filename).empty?
        File.rename(path, "#{filedir}/#{filename}.html")
      end
    end

    `rsync -ruv --exclude=.svn/ --exclude=dispatch* --exclude=500.html --exclude=422.html public/ out/`

  end

  #----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
  desc "Deploy static files to the remote host"
  task :deploy => :environment do
    outdir = File.join(Rails.root, "out")

    Dir.chdir(outdir) do
      `ncftpput -u #{Settings.ftp_uname} -p #{Settings.ftp_passwd} -R #{Settings.ftp_host} #{Settings.ftp_path} .`
    end
  end

  #----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
  desc "Create static site and deploy"
  task :mirror_deploy => [:mirror, :deploy] 
end