after "deploy:restart", "deploy:tag_release"
desc 'Tag release'
task :tag_release do
`git checkout #{rails_env}`
`git tag #{rails_env}_#{DateTime.now.strftime "%Y_%m_%d-%H_%M"}`
`git push --tags`
`git checkout master`
end
My code won't be appropriate if you don't use master/staging/production branches, either.
set :branch do
default_tag = `git tag`.split("\n").last
tag = Capistrano::CLI.ui.ask "Tag to deploy (make sure to push the tag first): [#{default_tag}] "
tag = default_tag if tag.empty?
tag
end