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For simple static sites, I use a workflow very similar to this one[1]. It takes a minute or two to set up, but once it's all configured, you can deploy to your

• astrodust 13y ago
  No. Not this. index.html has no business being in the root of your project. Always, and I mean always put your web content into a directory separate from the root of your .git archive. This is the easiest way to avoid all of these problems. Rails calls this directory "public", but it could be whatever you want, so long as what's mounted on your web server is not the root.
  • devmach 13y ago
    * Any folder in your project can have index.html and indeed it should have. * Parent talks about static pages, not about rails-ruby/php/python project. But i get your point : If somehow somebody screw with servers config, there is a risk to expose your apps files & configs. You can follow parents advice but set your root path in apache/nginx config to /var/www/www.example.org/public instead of /var/www/www.example.org
    • astrodust 13y ago
      Even a static site can be structured so that the .git directory is outside of the main public mount. This gives you a natural place to store notes, documentation, and other non-public content. It's not about screwing with the server config, it's so that it takes several stupid mistakes before your .git folder is flapping in the breeze, not just one. Being one configuration directive away from embarrassing failure is not a good idea.
      • rlx0x 13y ago
        > Being one configuration directive away from embarrassing failure is not a good idea. I can't stop but thinking about PHP webapps, for instance Wordpress serves wp-index.php in the same directory as wp-config.php, indeed only one configuration directive away from blowing it all up in your face. Every few months or so I encounter a huge site that serves me PHP source code. For instance the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/zmachine/hhguide.xml http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/zmachine/hhguide.xml But hey its PHP I guess anyone who would care about something like that has stopped using it years ago.
        • krapp 13y ago
          Why in the world would anyone serve a php file as .xml? That seems to be the problem... xml files are meant to be readable as text.
          • eropple 13y ago
            I would guess it's a configuration error around something like smart extensions, maybe? "If the clean URL has a .xml at the end, send the request through PHP." Dumb, but it's the only thing I can come up with offhand.
        • dave1010uk 13y ago
          WordPress can work with wp-config.php in your document root but it's recommended to move it 1 directory up (which is supported our of the box).