Capistrano::Configuration.instance.load do namespace :deploy do desc <<-DESC Symlink shared directories and files. DESC task :symlink_dependencies, :roles => :web, :except => {:no_release => true} do shared_directories_to_link = fetch(:shared_directories_to_link, []) directories_to_create = fetch(:directories_to_create, []) files_to_delete = fetch(:files_to_delete, []) files_to_link = fetch(:files_to_link, {}) chmods_to_set = fetch(:chmods_to_set, []) directories_to_create.each { |directory| run "mkdir -p #{directory}" } shared_directories_to_link.each { |source, target| run "ln -s #{source} #{target}" } files_to_delete.each { |file| run "rm #{file}" } files_to_link.each { |source, target| run "ln -s #{source} #{target}"} chmods_to_set.each { |target, chmod| run "chmod #{chmod} #{target}" } end end after 'deploy:finalize_update', 'deploy:symlink_dependencies' end