Install using pip, a package manager for Python, by running the following command.
pip install git-auto-deploy
If you don't have pip installed, try installing it by running this from the command line:
curl https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py | python
Or, you can download the source code
(ZIP) for Git-Auto-Deploy and then run:
python setup.py install
You may need to run the above commands with sudo.
Once Git-Auto-Deploy has been installed as a python module, it can be started using the executable git-auto-deploy. During installation with pip, the executable is usually installed in /usr/local/bin/git-auto-deploy. This can vary depending on platform.
Copy the content of config.json.sample and save it anywhere you like, for example ~/git-auto-deploy.conf.json. Modify it to match your project setup. Read more about the configuration options.
Run the application using the executable git-auto-deploy which has been provided by pip. Provide the path to your configuration file as a command line argument.
git-auto-deploy --config ~/git-auto-deploy.conf.json
The easiest way to configure your system to automatically start Git-Auto-Deploy after a reboot is using crontab. Open crontab in edit mode using crontab -e and add the entry below.
When installing with pip, the executable git-auto-deploy is usually installed in /usr/local/bin/git-auto-deploy. It is a good idea to verify the path to git-auto-deploy before adding the entry below.
@reboot /usr/local/bin/git-auto-deploy --daemon-mode --quiet --config /path/to/git-auto-deploy.conf.json