Update on deploying a previous commit.

2013-05-15 09:09:47 +01:00
parent 2bd711ab9c
commit 01f5e36a89
1 changed files with 9 additions and 1 deletions
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Helpful Git Config
 You might find it useful to add this to your ~/.gitconfig in order
 to get a nice history view of the commits and tags.

-```
+```ini
 [alias]
   lol = log --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit --graph --decorate
 ```
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ to get a nice history view of the commits and tags.
 You can then view the list by typing `git lol` from the checked out
 code path.

+Deploying a Previous Commit
+---------------------------
+Because you have to actually be on the head of the branch you are
+deploying in order for tagging to work properly, deploying a previous
+commit doesn't work as you might expect. The simple solution is to
+create a new branch from the previous commit you wish to deploy and
+supplying `-S branch=<new branch>` as arguments to Capistrano.
+
 Credits
 -------
 This software was written by [Karl Matthias](https://github.com/relistan)