How do I prevent capistrano from overwriting files uploaded by users in their own folders?

Posted by Hrishi Mittal on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Hrishi Mittal
Published on 2010-04-03T10:23:22Z Indexed on 2010/04/03 10:33 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 221

Filed under:

ruby-on-rails

|

capistrano

|

git

I'm using Capistrano and git to deploy a RoR app. I have a folder under which each user has their own folder. When a user uploads or saves a file, it is saved in their own folder.

When I deploy new versions of the code to the server, the user files and folders are overwritten with what's on my dev machine.

Is there a way to ignore some folders in capistrano, like we do in git? This post - http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/97539 - suggests using symlinks and storing the user files in a shared folder. But it's an old post, so I'm wondering if there is a better way to do it now.

Also, does anyone know of any good screencasts/tutorials to recommend for using RoR+git+capistrano?

Thanks.

© Stack Overflow or respective owner

Related posts about ruby-on-rails

Ruby on Rails - How can I start? [closed]

as seen on Programmers - Search for 'Programmers'
I have misconception in understanding the relationship between Ruby language and Ruby on Rails Framework. Because of 'I am an absolute beginner' in web development I have no idea if I have to grasp the fundamentals of Ruby before I go with Ruby on Rails! I also want to ask who is behind both Ruby… >>> More
DES3 decryption in Ruby on Rails

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
My RoR server receives a string, that was encrypted in C++ application using des3 with base64 encoding The cipher object is created so: cipher = OpenSSL::Cipher::Cipher::new("des3") cipher.key = key_str cipher.iv = iv_str key_str and iv_str: are string representations of key and initialization… >>> More
Ruby on rails: Image downloads with Authentication/Authorization/Time outs

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Hi Guys, I'm having few doubts on implementing file downloads. I'm creating an app where I use attachment_fu with Amazon s3 to upload files. Things are working pretty well so far on uploading side. Now its the time to start the file downloads. Here is what I need, a logged in user search and browse… >>> More
Ruby on Rails deployment, on "thin" server with lot of attachments

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
A lot of PDFs are stored inside MySQL as a BLOB field for each PDF file. The average file size is 500K each. The Rails app will stream the :binary data as file downloads, where there is a user click on the download link. Assume there is a maximum of 5 users downloading 5 PDFs concurrently, what… >>> More
Apply Behavior Driven Development to Ruby on Rails with Rspec

as seen on Internet.com - Search for 'Internet.com'
Applying the Behavior Driven Development (BDD) methodology to your Rails development takes you beyond traditional Test Driven Development. Learn how to do it with the Ruby-based BDD framework RSpec. >>> More

Related posts about capistrano

Multiple webs on a server using capistrano

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Is there any way to configure Capistrano for deploying many webs on a server? I would like to have a project on port 80 an other project on port 1000 and manage each one with different dbs. >>> More
Capistrano, Mercurial and branches

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
It is my understanding that although Mercurial has support from branches, the community generally clone repos instead of creating branches. Similar to the Darcs model, unlike the Git model. I'm deploying a Ruby on Rails app with Capistrano and there I'd like to separate the production from the development… >>> More
How do I rollback capistrano tasks upon failure?

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
In my Capistrano deploy.rb, I have a couple of daemons like delayed_jobs and fetcher, starting and stopping depending on where they are in the deployment process. This method would create problems if a deployment fails, because the daemons wouldn't be managed properly (ie. two processes spawned instead… >>> More
Capistrano + SVN, Merging Branches/Tags and Deploying

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
We are finding that merging using tortise SVN is slow and cumbersome, we've also recently started using capistrano (capify) to deploy to development. Is there a way to merge revisions to a branch and automatically deploy to another environment if needed? Thanks >>> More
the right way to do deployment with capistrano

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
I look for good practices for deploying with capistrano. I would like to start out with a short description how I used to do deployment. capistrano is installed locally on a developer's computer. I deploy thought gateway with capistrano option :gateway. Firstly, I thought that with :gateway option… >>> More