FTP deploy copying .git directory?? about middleman-deploy HOT 6 CLOSED

I just dug deeper and found that the .git directory inside in my build folder is unique to middleman-deploy:

julieng@air in build on gh-pages*
$ git lp
7d74217  (HEAD, origin/gh-pages, gh-pages) Automated commit at 2013-05-26 22:52:40 UTC by middleman-deploy 3.0.13 (11 hours ago)
6baacaa  Automated commit at 2013-05-24 16:08:03 UTC by middleman-deploy 3.0.13 (3 days ago)
6aeab5d  Automated commit at 2013-05-24 15:53:29 UTC by middleman-deploy 3.0.13 (3 days ago)
94f7711  Automated commit at 2013-05-24 15:51:39 UTC by middleman-deploy 3.0.13 (3 days ago)
eee09ea  (master) Automated commit at 2013-05-24 15:51:08 UTC by middleman-deploy 3.0.13 (3 days ago)

If middleman-deploy is creating this git directory, it should know to ignore it too, correct?

N.B. lp is a shortcut to a custom git log pretty format

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You switched from the git deploy method to ftp, right? The .git directory is created (and ignored) by the git deploy method. We don't have a built-in concept of switching between deploy methods. Provided you no longer wish to use the git deploy method you can safely delete that .git directory. Does that work for you?

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Yes, removing it does work. But does the git deploy method require a git repo (in case I were to switch back)?

I initially deployed to github (just a site preview for a client) but the normal middleman app doesn't properly do relative links for me so I switched to FTP.

Also, would it be possible just to adjust your Regex to exclude the .git directory? Then it wouldn't be an issue…

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A list of patterns to exclude seems like a reasonable idea. But is that how people use middleman? Do they really have things in build that they don't want deployed? I'm curious. I have no idea.

Did you try middleman build --clean? Would that also be a solution?

Thanks.

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I'm digging it out because I noticed that middleman-deploy still uploads dot-files (such as .DS_Store), according to my console log and inspection of the remote FTP directory. Would it be possible to use Middleman’s built-in IGNORE_LIST array to exclude files from deployment? I found this const in the middleman/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/file_watcher.rb file. Unfortunately my programming skills don’t allow me to propose a patch.

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I don't know. I suspect someone may want to deploy a file called vendor or Gemfile? https://github.com/middleman/middleman/blob/v3-stable/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/file_watcher.rb#L8 Either way this will require someone to submit a patch. For anyone who may be watching this repo and would like to take over as maintainer, please let me know! Thanks.

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