Manual code deploys to Live, from SVN, through FTP

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I just inherited a new project. What surprises me is that all of the SVN code is being deployed manually with FTP, which is on average 50+ files per week. Each developer keeps a (rather long) list of each file they've changed.

In past projects, I've used tools such as an .sh script, or a tool like Springloops, or Phing. Anyone else manually deploy code to their SVN code to the live server with FTP?

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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SVN code to the live server

What happened to a staging / testing server? Code that's being checked in is rarely production-ready (you can't test your own code), so you don't want any checkin to be pushed to the live environment.

But any post-commit hook can copy the code to another location, that's quite a trivial task, like displayed here.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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answered May 02 '12 at 15:35

CodeCaster

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CodeCaster - I agree entirely.I'm working for a new company, I'm slowly teaching them that Quality Control is important. For now, we do all of our testing manually on the Dev Server for a few hours or couple of days before a deploy. In the coming months I'm hoping to get the team doing Unit Tests, using Selenium, and doing Automated Deploys with Phing, per a Continuous Integration workflow. – Apollo Clark May 22 '12 at 16:36

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 12 '12 at 20:01

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Anyone else manually deploy code to their SVN code to the live server with FTP?

Yes, I do it (not by hand, in hook). Because CI-Deploy solutions are overkill for my needs

answered Mar 12 '12 at 20:01

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Do you move the files over one at a time by hand, or do you use a script to automate it? – Apollo Clark Mar 13 '12 at 11:57
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@ApolloClark post-commit hook (for sftp) is automated - I'm **lazy** badger. But in some projects (small set and sporadic changes) I do it in interactive mode – Lazy Badger Mar 13 '12 at 12:13
Ok, I understand that. Basically, you're automating the file deploy after you SVN Commit, but not doing Unit Testing before that? – Apollo Clark Mar 13 '12 at 12:47
@ApolloClark - yes, no UT and CI at all: it's *not sources* in my case – Lazy Badger Mar 13 '12 at 13:39

Manual code deploys to Live, from SVN, through FTP

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