Deleting files in public_html via .cpanel.yml before deploying from repo

Hi there, I deploy files from my repo to the public_html folder via the .cpanel.yml file, this works great. BUT... I want to delete the files that are already in public_html because i don't want the different versions to overlap. Tried this, it deletes the files but then failes at copying the new ones:

---
deployment:
  tasks:
    - export DEPLOYPATH=/home//public_html/
    - cd ../../public_html
    - rm -r *
    - mkdir test

    - cd ../repositories/cprepo
    - cp README.md $DEPLOYPATH

Could anyone tell me why this won't work and possibly suggest a solution? Thanks in advance, Bart

cPRex Jurassic Moderator

January 13, 2021 17:36

Hey there! I know you've already specified the path in a previous command, but seeing a wildcard with the "rm" command still scares me a bit. It would be best to use full paths instead of the "cd ../../" and for the rm as well - can you try that and see if that works?

Bart Kipping

January 15, 2021 17:38

Thanks for your reply @cPRex. However, i was not aware of the existence of te rsync command. This one command with its --delete and --exclude flags was all i need.

January 15, 2021 18:31

I'm glad you were able to find a fix for that!

Deleting files in public_html via .cpanel.yml before deploying from repo

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