Run deploy outside of app directory

[sosedoff]

Im using mina to deploy multiple apps from single server, which does not have project's source code, but only has scripts to deploy (mina scripts). I created a simple hack that allows you to pass --config parameter.

So the use case is something like this:

mina deploy --config=/path/to/script

Would it be possible to integrate into master?

You can check out my implementation here - https://github.com/sosedoff/mina/tree/external-config
Not sure if its a correct way to integrate with rake.

[rstacruz]

To be in line with Rake's usage, I believe should be rake -f script.rb.

The modification here will be very minimal, this line would just have to be suppressed if -f is given.

[rstacruz]

This one-code-line edit should do the trick:

diff --git a/bin/mina b/bin/mina
index 6379630..05c1ca7 100755
--- a/bin/mina
+++ b/bin/mina
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ Rake.application.instance_eval do
   standard_exception_handling do
     # Initialize Rake and make it think it's Mina.
     init 'mina'
-    @rakefiles = ['Minafile', 'config/deploy.rb']
+
+    # Assume different default Rakefiles.
+    # (The only way a @rakefiles can have multiple values is if -f isn't specified.)
+    @rakefiles = ['Minafile', 'config/deploy.rb']  if @rakefiles.size > 1

     # Workaround: Rake 0.9+ doesn't record task descriptions unless it's needed.
     # Need it for 'mina help'

[rstacruz]

This is in v0.1.1 now--just do mina -f file.rb. Does it suit your requirements?

[sosedoff]

Yep, totally. I cant believe i missed that -f option in rake.

[garethrees]

To confirm, does this mean I can use mina on a central deployment server which does not have access to the source code and then use it like so:

mina -f apps/app1.rb
# => Deploys app 1

mina -f apps/app2.rb
# => Deploys app 2

[rstacruz]

Indeed you may, @garethrees.

[sosedoff]

Yeah, the syntax to deploy would be:

mina -f apps/app1.rb deploy
mina -f apps/app2.rb deploy

Im using it the same way

[garethrees]

Amazing, thanks both