module = example
path = /usr/local/www

owner = deploy
group = apache

includes = tmp/cache/index.htmlmod
excludes = sql /tests tmp/cache/*

ssh_user = deploy

[staging]
hosts = bulldog dalmatian

[live]
hosts = poodle labrador

The config file should be stored in /configs. The reason I used a subdirectory is to prevent the shell from autocompleting the name of the config file ... as I would prefer people would be explicit about which module they are deploying.

• module - the name of the module.
• path - the path on the server where the module resides.
• owner (optional) - chown the module to owner before deploying
• group (optional) - chgrp the module to group before deploying
• includes (optional) - rsync --include
• excludes (optional) - rsync --exclude
• ssh_user - the user used to connect to the host

[environment] sections

• hosts - a space delimited list of hosts

deploy (-t TAG | -b BRANCH) -n example

• (--tag|-t) TAG - Checkout tag TAG
• (--branch|-b) BRANCH - Checkout branch BRANCH
• (--environment|-e) ENVIRONMENT - Use environment ENVIRONMENT (e.g. live, staging)
• (--dry-run|-d|-n) - Dry-run

• Add a repo to the config file so if the module has not been cloned, the script can do it
• Add a way to have per-environment path
• Add a way to have per-host users
• Whether to --delete should be an option
• Should be able to pass alternative options to rsync
• have a defaults ini file