#git-ftp

[azrad]

git-ftp

I am trying to sftp to my server using git-ftp on my mac. Everytime i try, i keep getting : Protocol sftp not supported or disabled in lib curl curl: (1) Protocol sftp not supported or disabled in lib curl I have spent around 4 hours googling and tinkering with installing libssh and libssh2, curl with sftp. They are all installed yet i still keep getting this error. I appreciate this isn't strictly speaking a git-ftp issue, but i am hoping other git-ftp users may have encountered and fixed this. I hav...

in case you have issue with libcurl, please install curl with ssh.

one developer suggest using sudo port install curl +sftp_scp, but i'm more to brew, so quick brew install curl --with-ssh would do the job.

Next, remember to do

ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/curl/7.26.0/bin/curl /usr/local/bin/curl ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/curl/7.26.0/bin/curl-config /usr/local/bin/curl-config

[afartinspace-blog]

Manage FTP deployments with git

In some projects I work on the deployment is done by uploading files to a FTP server. This the typical approach in a "standard" shared hosting environment.

I don't like it.

It has happened more than once that a collaborator that isn't aware of (or doesn't care) simply overwrites your changes. Also, I am a CLI kind of guy and would like to be able to upload code straight from the console.

For these reasons I have researched ways to integrate git to handle deployments in a better, more efficient way. What I've found? git-ftp - it's pretty sweet!

Here is how to do it:

# 1. Install $ git clone http://github.com/resmo/git-ftp.git $ cd git-ftp $ git checkout master $ sudo make install # 2. Init and configure git-ftp for existing git project $ cd my_project $ git config git-ftp.user joel $ git config git-ftp.url ftp://ftp.afartinspace.com/public_html $ git config git-ftp.password qwerty $ git ftp init # 3. Use $ git commit -am 'a commit' $ git ftp push

All in all I think this is pretty darn good! But git-ftp is missing out on an important feature: pull/fetch. What happens if that designer guy uploads a bunch of new images using a regular FTP client? As now these files cannot be merged into your git project in a simple way. Ideally it would be nice to be able to do something like: git ftp pull to download changes.

Conclusion

Git-ftp makes it easier for those familiar with CLI git to handle ftp deployments. BUT be prepared for weird stuff to happen if you know that other collaborators will work with code using a traditional ftp client.