Known Bugs and Shortcomings (this one is specific to passenger-recipes, which really should be merged into capistrano-extensions...) * When introducing a new shared content directory, a bug can manifest itself when trying to sync production data back to your staging server. Consider the following scenario: 1) Add a new upload field to your app (e.g. using file_column) 2) Update the deploy script to reference this new shared directory (via either :shared_content or :content_directories) 3) Try cap remote:sync FROM=production TO=staging --> It will fail when it tries to tarball up the shared content on production. Currently, the best workaround is to log onto your production server and created the shared content directory, e.g. #{shared_path}/content/model_that_you_added_file_column_to