Deploy a PHP project from Git to a server that does not have Git installed

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I need to find a method of deploying a PHP project stored in a git repo to a staging and production server that do not have git installed. Scripts I've found so far (ie Capistrano) require Git on the target server.

Unfortunately, my host does not allow this, and the only way so far is via standard FTP, with which I keep missing files. This makes for an unprofessional look.

I would like to be able to deploy from my local git repo, which will check the .git folder on the target to see which version is on there, then cause the target server to backup the current version and then overwrite it with only the changed files being pushed.

Preferably something in PHP with a web interface.

Not asking much am I ;)

Anyone out there got/seen anything like this?

While this doesn't answer your question (why it is a comment)... Get a new host... — jondavidjohn, Feb 21 '11 at 19:15
Possible duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2950107/git-push-into-production-ftp — Boris Guéry, Feb 21 '11 at 19:22
Boris, thanks, I'll check it out, did have a look around first and may not have been looking right. Thanks. — designermonkey, Feb 21 '11 at 19:28
duplicate of: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/279169/deploy-a-project-using-git-push — Kyle Cronin, May 06 '12 at 00:15

score 17 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 16 '14 at 14:37

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There are three git-ftp scripts which allow you to "push" a git repository to a FTP server.

git-ftp (bash)
git-ftp (python)
PHPloy (php)

edited Feb 16 '14 at 14:37

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answered Feb 21 '11 at 19:19

Boris Guéry

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This is perfect, minus the interface, which I can do without. Using git commands is actually more fitting to the requirement. – designermonkey Feb 21 '11 at 19:52
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I would not recommend git-ftp (bash) for large projects. There is a bug that has yet to be fixed: https://github.com/resmo/git-ftp/issues/165 – dallen Dec 18 '12 at 17:22
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Can I suggest a script I use in my projects recently published on github http://fbn.github.io/lift/ – Fabiano Taioli Nov 12 '14 at 23:07
There seems to be one more working solution here. Please consider adding a link to your answer. http://stackoverflow.com/a/7171562/2790048 – Nick Volynkin Jun 07 '15 at 00:26

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 21 '11 at 19:14

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You might be able to use something like Fuse to "mount" the production server as a local drive, and then as far as your copy of git is concerned it's a local operation. Alternatively, rsync.

answered Feb 21 '11 at 19:14

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rsync sounds very interesting. I'll check that out! – designermonkey Feb 21 '11 at 19:29

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 25 '12 at 09:52

There's a tool call Dandelion that also does this. From what I can see, it's quite similar to git-ftp, BUT it also supports sftp and Amazon S3, which is handy if you don't want to change deploy tool just because you change server. It comes as a ruby gem, so really easy to install and get going.

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 28 '13 at 12:03

I have done something like that using ssh2 and php.

first you need to clone the repo on the server. Once cloned, you can do git pull, checkout, etc from php using ssh2. the most practical way I found was doing.

git fetch;
git reset --hard commit_hash;

in order to get set the commit to the one expected.

To execute a php - ssh2 command (supposing you have ssh2 installed), you can use this method.

public static function SSHCommmand($command,$user,$ip) {
        $port = 22;

        if (!function_exists("ssh2_connect"))
            die("function ssh2_connect doesn't exist.");
        $result['debug'] .= " -Connect- 1";
        if (!($con = ssh2_connect($ip, $port, array('hostkey' => 'ssh-rsa')) )) {
            die("unable to establish connection.");
        } else {
            // try to authenticate with username root, password secretpassword
            if (!(ssh2_auth_pubkey_file($con, $user, '/home/' . $user . '/.ssh/deploy_rsa.pub', '/home/' . $user . '/.ssh/deploy_rsa'/* , 'secret' */))) {
                dir("fail: unable to authenticate.");
            } else {
                // allright, we're in!
                // execute a command
                if (!($stream = ssh2_exec($con, $command))) {
                    die("fail: unable to execute command.");
                } else {
                    // collect returning data from command
                    stream_set_blocking($stream, true);
                    $data = '';
                    while ($buf = fread($stream, 4096)) {
                        $data .= $buf;
                    }
                    fclose($stream);
                    return $data;
                }
            }
        }
    }

I'm using ssh-rsa key, the auth method might change. I'm aslo supposing that the keys are in '/home/' . $user . '/.ssh/deploy_rsa.pub' and '/home/' . $user . '/.ssh/deploy_rsa.

The other thing you might take into account is that to execute remote a remote git command, the command should be like:

_GIT_PATH.' --git-dir='.$path.'/.git --work-tree='.$path.' '.$command;

where $path is the toplevel of the working tree.

By using this and the Amazon Api, I've been able to deploy new code to several servers automatically and simultaneously.

That would require git to be installed on the production server. — designermonkey, Dec 25 '11 at 23:31
Yes, this requires git on the on the target server. I didn't read the do not have git installed part of the question. — J-Rou, Dec 26 '11 at 04:42

score -1 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 18 '12 at 17:23

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I use Beanstalkapp.com, which is great. You can deploy via FTP or SFTP.

answered Dec 18 '12 at 17:23

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