Deploys a middleman built site via rsync, ftp, sftp, or git (e.g. gh-pages on github).

Add this to the Gemfile of the repository of your middleman site:

gem "middleman-deploy"

and run bundle install.

$ middleman build [--clean]
$ middleman deploy [--build-before]

To automatically run middleman build during middleman deploy, turn on the build_before option while activating the deploy extension:

activate :deploy do |deploy|
  # ...
  deploy.build_before = true # default: false
end

Middleman-deploy can deploy a site via rsync, ftp, sftp, or git.

Make sure that rsync is installed, and activate the extension by adding the following to config.rb:

activate :deploy do |deploy|
  deploy.method = :rsync
  deploy.host   = "www.example.com"
  deploy.path   = "/srv/www/site"
  # Optional Settings
  # deploy.user  = "tvaughan" # no default
  # deploy.port  = 5309 # ssh port, default: 22
  # deploy.clean = true # remove orphaned files on remote host, default: false
end

Make sure that git is installed, and activate the extension by adding the following to config.rb:

activate :deploy do |deploy|
  deploy.method = :git
  # Optional Settings
  # deploy.remote = "custom-remote" # remote name or git url, default: origin
  # deploy.branch = "custom-branch" # default: gh-pages
end

If you use a remote name, you must first add it using git remote add. Run git remote -v to see a list of possible remote names. If you use a git url, it must end with '.git'.

Afterwards, the build directory will become a git repo. This branch will be created on the remote if it doesn't already exist.

Activate the extension by adding the following to config.rb:

activate :deploy do |deploy|
  deploy.method   = :ftp
  deploy.host     = "ftp.example.com"
  deploy.user     = "tvaughan"
  deploy.password = "secret"
  deploy.path     = "/srv/www/site"
end

Activate the extension by adding the following to config.rb:

activate :deploy do |deploy|
  deploy.method   = :sftp
  deploy.host     = "sftp.example.com"
  deploy.user     = "tvaughan"
  deploy.password = "secret"
  deploy.path     = "/srv/www/site"
end

• v0.1.0
  • Removed the --clean command-line option. This option only applied to the rsync deploy method. The idea going forward is that command-line options must apply to all deploy methods. Options that are specific to a deploy method will only be available in config.rb.
  • Removed deploy from the after_build hook. This caused a deploy to be run each time build was called. This workflow never made sense. deploy was added to the after_build hook simply because it was available.

A BIG thanks to everyone who has contributed! Almost all pull requests are accepted.

Inspired by the rsync task in Octopress.