Middleman Delpoy -- Deploy a middleman built site over rsync or via git (e.g. gh-pages on github).

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QUICK START

Step 1

gem install middleman-deploy

Step 2

middleman init example-site
cd example-site

Step 3

Edit Gemfile, and add:

gem "middleman-deploy", "~>0.0.1"

Then run:

bundle install

Step 4a - Rsync setup

First be sure that rsync is installed.

These settings are required.

Edit config.rb, and add:

activate :deploy do |deploy|
  deploy.method = :rsync
  deploy.user = "tvaughan"
  deploy.host = "www.example.com"
  deploy.path = "/srv/www/site"
end

Adjust these values accordingly.

These settings are optional.

To use a particular SSH port, add:

  deploy.port = 5309

Default is 22.

To remove orphaned files or directories on the remote host, add:

  deploy.clean = true

Default is false.

Step 4b - Git setup

First be sure that you have already placed your project under revision control using git.

For example, for the default values of remote="master" and branch="gh-pages", the output of git branch -a should look like:

  gh-pages
* master
  remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/master
  remotes/origin/gh-pages
  remotes/origin/master

This shows that "gh-pages" exists in the remote and local repos. There needs to be at least one commit in "gh-pages" with which to start.

Edit config.rb, and add:

activate :deploy do |deploy|
  deploy.method = :git
end

These settings are optional.

To use a particular remote, add:

  deploy.remote = "some-other-remote-name"

Default is origin. Run git remote -v to see a list of possible remotes.

To use a particular branch, add:

  deploy.branch = "some-other-branch-name"

Default is gh-pages. Run git branch -a to see a list of possible branches.

Step 4c - FTP setup

These settings are required.

Edit config.rb, and add:

activate :deploy do |deploy|
  deploy.method = :ftp
  deploy.host = "ftp.example.com"
  deploy.user = "tvaughan"
  deploy.password = "secret"
  deploy.path = "/srv/www/site"
end

Adjust these values accordingly.

Step 5

middleman build [--clean]
middleman deploy [--clean]

NOTES

Inspired by the rsync task in Octopress.