A HTTP server that will listen for a webhooks push from github, and automatically grab the latest changes and deploy them to a directory. Useful for websites, so that you can update the live site by pushing to a branch of your choosing
Grab the source and stick it in a directory of your choosing on your webserver. Permissions will be easiest to manage and most secure if you create a new user for github-checkout-manager.
Add the repo you would like to deploy to the config file, and make sure permissions are set correctly. Add the url GCM is listening on in settings > Webhooks on github. Make sure to select json, not form-urlencoded
Put as many repos as you would like in the json config file. Each repo needs the following information:
type - the type of repository this is. Options: go, raw (default)
go will perform a go get -u and copy the binary, whereas raw will copy the repo files directly
user - The github username the repo belongs to i.e. (cmhull42)
name - The official name of the repository i.e. (github-checkout-manager)
branch - The branch you would like to track updates to - currently only supports master
configdirectory - this directory should contain a cloned copy of the repo (with the same name) and optionally a private key id_rsa to authenticate to github with.
This parameter will not be used if type is go
contentdirectory - the directory to deploy the code to i.e. (/var/www/connoor.io)