Deploy your local working copy (capistrano >= 3)

capistrano_rsync.rb

# Deploy your local working copy bypassing VCS
#
# Put this file into lib/capistrano/tasks/ and setup, e.g.:
#
# set :rsync_enabled, true
# set :rsync_options, %w[
#   --recursive --delete --delete-excluded
#   --exclude .git*
#   --exclude /test/***
#   --exclude /tmp/***
#   --exclude /vendor/bundle/***
#   --exclude /config/database.yml
#   --exclude /config/secrets.yml
#   --exclude tags
#   --exclude .DS_Store
# ]
#

set :rsync_enabled, false
set :rsync_options, []

Rake::Task["deploy:check"].enhance ["rsync:hook_scm"]

desc "Stage and rsync to the server (or its cache)."
task :rsync do
  roles(:all).each do |role|
    user = fetch(:user) + "@"

    rsync = %w[rsync -avzr]
    rsync.concat fetch(:rsync_options)
    rsync << "."
    rsync << "#{user}#{role.hostname}:#{release_path}"

    Kernel.system *rsync
  end
end

namespace :rsync do
  task :hook_scm do
    next unless fetch(:rsync_enabled)

    Rake::Task.tasks.each { |task| task.clear if task.name =~ /^#{scm}:/ }

    Rake::Task.define_task("#{scm}:check") do
      invoke "rsync:check"
    end

    Rake::Task.define_task("#{scm}:create_release") do
      invoke "rsync"
    end
  end

  task :check do
    # Everything's a-okay inherently!
  end
end