Commit 0675822e by wynksaiddestroy Committed by Tute Costa

Improve deployment instructions

Capistrano won't symlink the `public/system` folder by default anymore.
Capistrano needs to be configured accordingly.

See related issues:

* https://github.com/capistrano/capistrano/commit/033bf8ee492936787cd0744e69b3df8a5ad5b6e6#diff-348edd3e734eaeed0fe97af037f3c647
* https://github.com/capistrano/rails/issues/104
* https://github.com/capistrano/rails#symlinks

[fixes #2141]
[fixes #2166]
parent 3ef5f952
......@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ https://github.com/thoughtbot/paperclip/releases
- [Dynamic Processors:](#dynamic-processors)
- [Logging](#logging)
- [Deployment](#deployment)
- [Attachment Styles](#attachment-styles)
- [Testing](#testing)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [License](#license)
......@@ -566,8 +567,8 @@ The files that are assigned as attachments are, by default, placed in the
directory specified by the `:path` option to `has_attached_file`. By default, this
location is `:rails_root/public/system/:class/:attachment/:id_partition/:style/:filename`.
This location was chosen because, on standard Capistrano deployments, the
`public/system` directory is symlinked to the app's shared directory, meaning it
will survive between deployments. For example, using that `:path`, you may have a
`public/system` directory can be symlinked to the app's shared directory, meaning it
survives between deployments. For example, using that `:path`, you may have a
file at
/data/myapp/releases/20081229172410/public/system/users/avatar/000/000/013/small/my_pic.png
......@@ -829,6 +830,16 @@ More information in the [rdocs](http://www.rubydoc.info/github/thoughtbot/paperc
Deployment
----------
To make Capistrano symlink the `public/system` directory so that attachments
survive new deployments, set the `linked_dirs` option in your `config/deploy.rb`
file:
```ruby
set :linked_dirs, fetch(:linked_dirs, []).push('public/system')
```
### Attachment Styles
Paperclip is aware of new attachment styles you have added in previous deploys. The only thing you should do after each deployment is to call
`rake paperclip:refresh:missing_styles`. It will store current attachment styles in `RAILS_ROOT/public/system/paperclip_attachments.yml`
by default. You can change it by:
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