<h2>Overview:</h2>
Capistrano::Rails is a set of Rails-specific tasks for Capistrano v3 that provide functionality for tasks such as deployment, asset compilation, and migrations within a Ruby on Rails application. This tool streamlines the deployment process and ensures that common Rails tasks are handled efficiently.
<h2>Features:</h2>
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Deployment Tasks: Includes tasks like <code>cap deploy:migrate</code> and <code>cap deploy:compile_assets</code> for managing deployment and asset compilation processes.
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Configuration File Generation: Allows the automatic generation of a basic set of configuration files using a command-line generator.
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Rails-specific Options: Enables customization of Rails-specific options in the <code>config/deploy.rb</code> file for fine-tuning deployment settings.
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Symlinking Shared Files: Facilitates the symlinking of shared directories like log, tmp, and public/uploads for efficient file management during deployment.
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Separation of Concerns: Recommends setting the role to <code>:app</code> instead of <code>:db</code> for database-related tasks to promote a better separation of concerns and optimized deployment workflow.
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Master Key Upload: Provides configuration settings to upload the <code>master.key</code> file to the server if it's not already present, ensuring secure deployment practices.
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Contributing Guidelines: Offers clear contribution guidelines including forking, creating feature branches, committing changes, and submitting pull requests.
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