require 'capistrano/git' class Capistrano::Git module SubmoduleStrategy # do all the things a normal capistrano git session would do include Capistrano::Git::DefaultStrategy def test test! " [ -d #{repo_path}/.git ] " end def check test! :git, :'ls-remote', repo_url end def clone git :clone, '-b', fetch(:branch), '--recursive', repo_url, repo_path end def update git :remote, :update end # put the working tree in a release-branch, # make sure the submodules are up-to-date # and copy everything to the release path def release git :checkout, fetch(:branch) git :reset, '--hard', "origin/#{fetch(:branch)}" git :submodule, :update, '--init', '--recursive' context.execute "rsync -ar --exclude=.git\* #{repo_path}/ #{release_path}" end end end