I use this for simple, single server, small codebase sites. But for various reasons (mainly rollback, history and consistency(rsync takes time, time in which y

I use this for simple, single server, small codebase sites. But for various reasons (mainly rollback, history and consistency(rsync takes time, time in which your site has files from different versions) I much prefer the "schlep entire codebase into new directory and then switch symlinks when your ready to go live". Such as Fabric, Capistrano, or your custom deploy scripts do. "schlep" is the technical term for scp/rsync/checkout/etc.