darcs push which sends patches to the test repo and ssh remote darcs --repo=live pull ../test which is in a makefile so we can just do: make release

darcs push which sends patches to the test repo and ssh remote darcs --repo=live pull ../test which is in a makefile so we can just do: make release Let me add here that darcs' inherent cherry picking abilities are a wonderful match for web development. Being able to fast track changes to the live site with no hassle is heavenly.