/config/deploy.rb

set :application, "genesis"
set :repository,  "git@bitbucket.org:mulligan/genesis.git"

set :scm, :git
set :user, "root"
set :deploy_to, "/var/rails/genesis/"
default_run_options[:pty] = true
# Or: `accurev`, `bzr`, `cvs`, `darcs`, `git`, `mercurial`, `perforce`, `subversion` or `none`

role :web, "genesis"                          # Your HTTP server, Apache/etc
role :app, "genesis"                          # This may be the same as your `Web` server
role :db,  "genesis", :primary => true # This is where Rails migrations will run


# if you want to clean up old releases on each deploy uncomment this:
# after "deploy:restart", "deploy:cleanup"

# if you're still using the script/reaper helper you will need
# these http://github.com/rails/irs_process_scripts

# If you are using Passenger mod_rails uncomment this:
namespace :deploy do
  task :restart, :roles => :app, :except => { :no_release => true } do
    run "/opt/nginx/sbin/nginx -s reload"
  end

  desc "Symlink shared configs and folders on each release."
  task :symlink_shared do
    run "ln -nfs #{shared_path}/config/database.yml #{release_path}/config/database.yml"
    run "ln -nfs #{shared_path}/assets #{release_path}/public/assets"
  end

  desc "Sync the public/assets directory."
  task :assets do
    system "rsync -vr --exclude='.DS_Store' public/assets #{user}@#{application}:#{shared_path}/"
  end
end

after 'deploy:update_code', 'deploy:symlink_shared'
after 'deploy:update_code', 'deploy:assets'