h1. How To Reploy * Install reploy gem bc. gem sources -a http://gems.github.com # if github is not already in your gem sources gem install Voker57-reploy * Write a Rakefile If you are using merb, you can write the following into @lib/tasks/reploy.rake@. Otherwise, consult local authority / call it @Rakefile@. That's example script, using git to get versioned content from local working copy, rsync to transfer files and using merb methods to restart remote server bc. require 'reploy' Reploy.load(:host => "example.com", # remote host :user => "username", # remote login :path => "/var/www/example.com", # remote path to deploy site. Actual site vill be deployed to current/ subdir. :recipes => ["git", "merb", "rsync"], # requiring bundled recipes, end one with .rb to load it from global search paths :copy => [ ["config/database.yml","config"] ], # files that are not included in version control :store_backups => false, # setting this to true leaves named backups in their folders after deployment # merb settings :merb => { :host => "127.0.0.1", # host to listen on :port => "4000", # port :environment => "production", # environment :adapter => "thin" # rack adapter }) task :deploy => ["reploy:merb:deploy"] # shortcut for convenience You can see more examples "here":examples