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POHow to deploy licensed fonts that can't go into version-control with Capistrano?
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copied!<p>I am using Capistrano to deploy my Rails application to a VPS (as shown in <a href="http://railscasts.com/episodes/335-deploying-to-a-vps" rel="nofollow">episode 335 on railscasts.com</a>). I have some custom fonts I'm using for the application and don't want to check them into source-control for licensing reasons (See clarification at bottom).</p> <p>What's the best way to go about this? Should I edit the deploy.rb file to sftp the <code>assets/webfonts</code> directory from my local computer? Maybe I just need to copy them manually to the <code>my_app/shared/assets</code> directory on the VPS, but I'd rather it be automated as part of the deploy task.</p> <p>Here's my current deploy.rb file:</p> <pre><code>require "rvm/capistrano" require "bundler/capistrano" server "ip_address", :web, :app, :db, primary: true set :application, "armory" set :user, "username" set :deploy_to, "/home/#{user}/apps/#{application}" set :deploy_via, :remote_cache set :use_sudo, false set :scm, "git" set :github_user, "gorrillamcd" set :repository, "git@github.com:#{github_user}/Armory.git" set :branch, "master" default_run_options[:pty] = true ssh_options[:forward_agent] = true after "deploy", "deploy:cleanup" # keep only the last 5 releases namespace :deploy do %w[start stop restart].each do |command| desc "#{command} unicorn server" task command, roles: :app, except: {no_release: true} do run "/etc/init.d/unicorn_#{application} #{command}" end end task :setup_config, roles: :app do sudo "ln -nfs #{current_path}/config/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/#{application}" sudo "ln -nfs #{current_path}/config/unicorn_init.sh /etc/init.d/unicorn_#{application}" run "mkdir -p #{shared_path}/config" put File.read("config/database.base.yml"), "#{shared_path}/config/database.yml" puts "Now edit the config files in #{shared_path}." end after "deploy:setup", "deploy:setup_config" task :symlink_config, roles: :app do run "ln -nfs #{shared_path}/config/database.yml #{release_path}/config/database.yml" run "ln -nfs #{shared_path}/config/initializers/stripe.rb #{release_path}/config/initializers/stripe.rb" end after "deploy:finalize_update", "deploy:symlink_config" desc "Make sure local git is in sync with remote." task :check_revision, roles: :web do unless `git rev-parse HEAD` == `git rev-parse origin/master` puts "WARNING: HEAD is not the same as origin/master" puts "Run `git push` to sync changes." exit end end before "deploy", "deploy:check_revision" end </code></pre> <p><strong>Edit:</strong> Sorry for being so vague beforehand. I'm using Museo Slab from myfonts.com and a public repo on github (check my user profile if you want to see it). I read through the license and found this:</p> <blockquote> <p><code>3.</code> The Licensed Webfont(s) may be used on any Website owned or controlled by the Licensee</p> <p><code>4.</code> Agencies responsible for multiple clients’ Websites, for example web design agencies or hosting providers, may not share a single Webfont license across multiple clients’ Websites.</p> </blockquote> <p>Those two lines of the license make me believe that checking the font into a public repository would be against the license, since it could be used on sites that are not mine without obtaining a new license for the font (even though they were free to begin with). I imagine that other people have had this problem before. So my question is, <strong>What's the normal/best way to handle deploy, with Capistrano, fonts (or any file for that matter) that can't be checked into source control?</strong></p>

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