A sample deploy.php file that can be used with Deployer (http://deployer.in)

deploy.php

<?php
/*
 * Define the servers
 */
server('production-web', '<your server url>')
    ->path('<path to the project on your server>')
    ->user('<user on the server>')
    ->pubKey();

/*
 * Define the states
 */
stage('master', ['production-web'], ['branch' => 'master']);


/*
 * Make sure we are on the right branch
 */
task('deploy:checkout', function () {
    runLocally('git checkout '.get('branch', '').' 2> /dev/null');

})->desc('checking out git branch');

/*
 * Bring the app on the server down
 */
task('deploy:app_down', function () {
    run('php artisan down');
    run('php artisan cache:clear');

})->desc('bringing app down');

/*
 * Pull the changes onto the server
 */
task('deploy:pull_changes', function () {
    run('git pull origin '.get('branch', '').' 2> /dev/null');
    run('php artisan cache:clear');

})->desc('pull changes on server');

/*
 * Locally generate assets and transfer them to the server
 */
task('deploy:generate_assets', function () {
    runLocally('gulp compile');
    run('rm -rf public/assets/*');
    upload('public/assets/', 'public/assets/');

})->desc('generating assets');

/*
 * Run composer install on the server
 */
task('deploy:composer_install', function () {
    run('composer install');

})->desc('running composer install');

/*
 * Run the migrations on the server
 */
task('deploy:run_migrations', function () {
    run('php artisan db:backup');
    run('php artisan migrate --force --env=production');

})->desc('running migrations');

/*
 * Bring the app back up
 */
task('deploy:app_up', function () {
    run('php artisan cache:clear');
    run('php artisan up');

})->desc('bringing app up');

/*
 * Run all the tasks in the right order
 */
task('deploy',
    [
        'deploy:checkout',
        'deploy:app_down',
        'deploy:pull_changes',
        'deploy:generate_assets',
        'deploy:composer_install',
        'deploy:run_migrations',
        'deploy:app_up',
    ]
);