Git with Rails Tutorial from Scott Chacon on Vimeo.

Git and Rails

I produced a rather in-depth (~30 min) screencast about using Git with Rails and Capistrano 2.1, since Cap now includes a Git SCM module and I've been finding that a number of Rails people are getting more interested in using Git.
In this screencast, I talk about how to deploy and develop Rails applications using Git. Specifically, I go over:

• Installing Git
• Creating a new Rails App and Initializing a Git repo for it
• Cloning and publishing an external repository for that app
  • git clone --bare
  • scp git@gitserver:/opt/repos/notetaker.git
  • git remote add gitserver git@gitserver:/opt/repos/notetaker.git
  • cat .git/config
• Setting up Capistrano 2.1 with Git SCM
• Deploying the App
• Making a change and re-deploying
• Working in a new 'testing' branch
• Switching to main branch, applying a patch, redeploying
• Switching back to 'testing' branch, continuing to work
• Merging 'testing' into the main branch, resolving, re-deploying
• Using gitk
• Using :deploy_via, :copy and :remote_cache

Setup Files

Here are some setup files I mention in the screencast:

• setup.zip

Here are most of the commands I had to run to get everything installed on my Debian etch servers I used in this screencast:

  apt-get update
  apt-get install libcurl3 libcurl3-dev libexpat libexpat-dev
  apt-get install ruby1.8-dev rails ri irb rdoc libmysql-ruby mysql-server nginx
             git-core build-essential sudo
  gem install mongrel -y (twice)
  gem install mongrel_cluster -y (twice)
  gem install capistrano

More Info

For more information, I highly recommend:

• Peepcode on Git
• Peepcode on Capistrano
• Smarticus screencast on setting up a Rails server from scratch

Send any feedback to me at schacon@gmail.com