a simple capistrano recipe to use with sinatra

gistfile1.rb

set :user, "root"
set :use_sudo, false

set :scm, :git
set :repository, 'file://path/to/your/local/repo'
set :config_dir, '<your webserver has to read this dir>'
set :deploy_to, '<the webroot of your sinatra application>'
set :deploy_via, :copy
set :copy_exclude, [".git", ".gitignore", "config", "Gemfile"]

role :app, "<hostname or ip address of your server>"
set :normalize_asset_timestamps, false # prevent touchin' public images/javascript folders.
set :shared_children, %w() # dont create shared folders

namespace :deploy do
  task :start, :roles => :app do
    run "mkdir #{current_path}/tmp"
    run "touch #{current_path}/tmp/restart.txt"
  end
  
  task :stop, :roles => :app do
    # no-op
  end

  task :finalize, :roles => :app do
    run "mkdir #{current_path}/config"
    run "cp #{config_dir}/* #{current_path}/config/"
    run "chown -R 33:33 #{deploy_to}" # on debian 33 is wwwroot's uid and group id
    run "chmod -R og-rwx #{deploy_to}"
  end
  
  task :restart, :roles => :app do
    deploy.stop
    deploy.start
  end
end

after "deploy", "deploy:finalize"