require 'capistrano' Capistrano::Configuration.instance(:must_exist).load do before "deploy:update_code", "deploy:confirm_branch" after "deploy", "deploy:update_current_branch" namespace :deploy do desc 'Confirms deployment when switching deployed branches' task :confirm_branch do deployed_branch = nil pending_deploy_branch = fetch(:branch) run %{cat #{shared_path}/current_branch} do |ch, stream, out| deployed_branch = out.strip end if deployed_branch != pending_deploy_branch Capistrano::CLI.ui.say %{ ============ Changing deployed branches ============ Deployed Branch: #{deployed_branch} Pending Deploy Branch: #{pending_deploy_branch} ==================================================== } abort unless Capistrano::CLI.ui.agree( "Do you wish to continue deploying #{pending_deploy_branch}?" ) end end desc 'Updates the file which tracks the currently deployed branch' task :update_current_branch do run %{echo "#{fetch(:branch)}" > #{shared_path}/current_branch} end end end