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• featureserver_test_library_cornell_edu
  • .git
  • .gitignore
  • README.txt
  • backup/ - place for backup files
  • drupal_config/ - a place for Drupal make file and module lists
  • private_files/ - point Drupal's private file directory at this directory (later)
  • public/ - put your Drupal site here (later)

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Now the directory looks like this:

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├── .git
│   ├── COMMIT_EDITMSG
│   ├── HEAD
│   ├── branches
│   ├── config
│   ├── description
│   ├── hooks
│   ├── index
│   ├── info
│   ├── logs
│   ├── objects
│   └── refs
├── .gitignore
├── Capfile
├── README.txt
├── backup
│   └── README.txt
├── config
│   └── deploy.rb
├── drupal_config
│   └── README.txt
├── private_files
│   └── README.txt
└── public

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• deploy.rb

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• Change the default deploy.rb to add stages (eg. staging, production) and add a deploy directory containing a file for each stage.

• featureserver_test_library_cornell_edu
  • .git
  • .gitignore
  • Capfile
  • config
    • deploy
      • staging.rb
      • production.rb
    • deploy.rb
  • README.txt
  • backup/ - place for backup files
  • private_files/ - point Drupal's private file directory at this directory (later)
  • public/ - put your Drupal site here (later)

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• push a tag for this release to git
• do a backup of the staging db (with the staging site offline)
• update the staging server's clone of your git repo
• check out all the stuff from the local git repo to a revision directory on staging
• change the 'current' symbolic link to point to the public directory inside new revision directory
• update symbolic links from the revision directory's public/sites/default/files
• put the site offline
• update the site's public, private, and temp files paths
• run update.php
• revert any features
• put the site back online

References

http://www.58bits.com/blog/2013/03/23/deploying-drupal-with-capistrano^{Image Removed}

http://previousnext.com.au/blog/simple-and-powerful-drupal-site-deployment-capistrano^{Image Removed}

http://www.metaltoad.com/blog/capistrano-drupal-deployments-made-easy-part-1^{Image Removed}

http://www.zodiacmedia.co.uk/blog/professional-deployment-of-websites-using-capistrano-part-2

https://github.com/capistrano/capistrano/wiki/2.x-Default-Deployment-Behaviour^{Image Removed}

https://github.com/czettnersandor/drupal-cap^{Image Removed}

http://www.simonecarletti.com/blog/2009/09/capistrano-file-transfer-actions/^{Image Removed}