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Database and shared asset synchronization, multiple deployable environments, geminstaller dependency type, logfile helpers

= capistrano-extensions

  • Stable API: http://johntrupiano.rubyforge.org/capistrano-extensions
  • Source: http://github.com/jtrupiano/capistrano-extensions

== DESCRIPTION/FEATURES:

This gem provides a base set of {Capistrano}[http://www.capify.org/] extensions including the following:

  • a new :gemfile RemoteDependency type
  • tasks/helpers for handling public and private asset folders (e.g. created by the file_column plugin)
  • tasks/helpers for auto-syncing server gems (via integration with the {GemInstaller}[http://geminstaller.rubyforge.org/] gem)
  • helpers for dealing with multiple deployable environments (e.g. staging, prodtest, production)
  • tasks for working with remote logfiles
  • tasks for database/asset synchronization from production back to local environments
  • integration with {environmentalist}[http://johntrupiano.rubyforge.org/environmentalist]

For a detailed exploration of these features, check out the wiki: http://github.com/jtrupiano/capistrano-extensions/wikis/home

== SYNOPSIS:

FIX (code sample of usage)

== REQUIREMENTS:

  • Capistrano ~> 2.5.5
  • GemInstaller ~> 0.5.1

== INSTALL:

  • sudo gem install capistrano-extensions (stable from rubyforge)
  • sudo gem install jtrupiano-capistrano-extensions (HEAD of repo from github)