namespace :show do task :me do set :task_name, task_call_frames.first.task.fully_qualified_name end end namespace :deploy do desc "Send email notification of deployment (only send variables you want to be in the email)" task :notify, :roles => :app do show.me # this sets the task_name variable # Set the release notes git_commits_range = "#{previous_revision.strip}..#{current_revision.strip}" git_log = `git log --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit #{git_commits_range}` # executes in local shell set :release_notes, git_log.blank? ? "No Changes since last deploy." : "from git:\n" + git_log mailer.send_notification_email(self) end end after "deploy", "deploy:notify"