Thanks Lee -- I saw this -- the file is not accessible to the web server.
It's straightforward to write my own task to write information to a suitable location (actually, I want a whole lot more: OS, database info, external service dependencies, etc), the REVISIONS file was a helpful pattern to follow. Tom On Thursday, December 11, 2014 10:14:18 AM UTC-5, Lee Hambley wrote: > > We write a REVISION file into the target directory, why can't you use that? > > Lee Hambley > -- > http://lee.hambley.name/ > +49 (0) 170 298 5667 > > On 10 December 2014 at 21:37, Tom Harrison <thar...@pubget.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Versions: >> >> - Ruby: 2.1.4 >> - Capistrano: 3.x (latest) >> - Rake / Rails / etc: Rails 4.1 >> >> Platform: >> >> - Working on.... OS X >> - Deploying to... CentOS / AWS >> >> >> We're deploying one service as part of a larger system. Each service >> (and environment therein) needs to be able to report its current version >> based on git (github) info, e.g. commit hash, tag, and/or release version >> ... at runtime -- a common interface for all services. Other info like OS >> version, ruby/rails, database and other information can be queried at >> runtime ... or at deploy time and saved. >> >> I see that there's a file written, revisions.log at the top level of the >> app, and also see there's a /repo directory, but this is not within the >> scope of what my app can access. >> >> I probably just want to write a YAML or JSON file with all of the info I >> might need. >> >> Question 1: does anyone know of an existing extension that does this kind >> of thing? >> >> Question 2: any pointers or references I can jump off from? >> >> Thanks >> >> Tom >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Capistrano" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to capistrano+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/capistrano/4a1aae7d-24e3-40fd-86ad-d162653b46da%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/capistrano/4a1aae7d-24e3-40fd-86ad-d162653b46da%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Capistrano" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to capistrano+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/capistrano/8f1efa4d-13f8-4e62-895b-c92378199230%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
