Merge pull request #49 from cveneziani/git_submodule_strategy

Add strategy option to git method

README.md

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ activate :deploy do |deploy|
   # Optional Settings
   # deploy.remote   = "custom-remote" # remote name or git url, default: origin
   # deploy.branch   = "custom-branch" # default: gh-pages
+  # deploy.strategy = :submodule      # commit strategy: can be :force_push or :submodule, default: :force_push
 end
 ```
 
@@ -72,8 +73,12 @@ If you use a remote name, you must first add it using `git remote add`. Run
 `git remote -v` to see a list of possible remote names. If you use a git url,
 it must end with '.git'.
 
-Afterwards, the `build` directory will become a git repo. This branch will be
-created on the remote if it doesn't already exist.
+Afterwards, the `build` directory will become a git repo.
+
+If you use the force push strategy, this branch will be created on the remote if
+it doesn't already exist.
+But if you use the submodule strategy, you must first initialize build folder as
+a submodule. See `git submodule add` documentation.
 
 ### FTP
 

lib/middleman-deploy/commands.rb

@@ -68,9 +68,13 @@ activate :deploy do |deploy|
   # remote is optional (default is "origin")
   # run `git remote -v` to see a list of possible remotes
   deploy.remote = "some-other-remote-name"
+
   # branch is optional (default is "gh-pages")
   # run `git branch -a` to see a list of possible branches
   deploy.branch = "some-other-branch-name"
+
+  # strategy is optional (default is :force_push)
+  deploy.strategy = :submodule
 end
 
 # To deploy the build directory to a remote host via ftp:
@@ -155,6 +159,11 @@ EOF
       def deploy_git
         remote    = self.deploy_options.remote
         branch    = self.deploy_options.branch
+        strategy  = self.deploy_options.strategy
+
+        commit_signature  = "#{Middleman::Deploy::PACKAGE} #{Middleman::Deploy::VERSION}"
+        commit_time       = "#{Time.now.utc}"
+        push_options      = (strategy == :force_push ? ' -f' : nil)
 
         puts "## Deploying via git to remote=\"#{remote}\" and branch=\"#{branch}\""
 
@@ -170,6 +179,7 @@ EOF
         end
 
         Dir.chdir(self.inst.build_dir) do
+          if strategy == :force_push
             unless File.exists?('.git')
               `git init`
               `git remote add origin #{remote}`
@@ -180,6 +190,7 @@ EOF
                 `git remote add origin #{remote}`
               end
             end
+          end
 
           #if there is a branch with that name, switch to it, otherwise create a new one and switch to it
           if `git branch`.split("\n").any? { |b| b =~ /#{branch}/i }
@@ -188,10 +199,29 @@ EOF
             `git checkout -b #{branch}`
           end
 
+          if strategy == :submodule
+            `git fetch`
+            `git stash`
+            `git rebase #{self.deploy_options.remote}/#{branch}`
+            `git stash pop`
+
+            if $?.exitstatus == 1
+              puts "Can't deploy! Please resolve conflicts. Then process to manual commit and push on #{branch} branch."
+              exit
+            end
+          end
+
           `git add -A`
-          # '"message"' double quotes to fix windows issue
-          `git commit --allow-empty -am '"Automated commit at #{Time.now.utc} by #{Middleman::Deploy::PACKAGE} #{Middleman::Deploy::VERSION}"'`
-          `git push -f origin #{branch}`
+          `git commit --allow-empty -am "Automated commit at #{commit_time} by #{commit_signature}"`
+          `git push #{push_options} origin #{branch}`
+        end
+
+        if strategy == :submodule
+          current_branch = `git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`
+
+          `git add #{self.inst.build_dir}`
+          `git commit --allow-empty -m "Deployed at #{commit_time} by #{commit_signature}"`
+          `git push origin #{current_branch}`
         end
       end
 

lib/middleman-deploy/extension.rb

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ require "middleman-core"
 module Middleman
   module Deploy
 
-    class Options < Struct.new(:whatisthis, :method, :host, :port, :user, :password, :path, :clean, :remote, :branch, :build_before, :flags); end
+    class Options < Struct.new(:whatisthis, :method, :host, :port, :user, :password, :path, :clean, :remote, :branch, :strategy, :build_before, :flags); end
 
     class << self
 
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ module Middleman
         # Default options for the git method.
         options.remote    ||= "origin"
         options.branch    ||= "gh-pages"
+        options.strategy  ||= :force_push
 
         options.build_before ||= false