I am currently working on a web application that uses PHP and MySQL, but I do not have shell access to the server (working on that problem already…). Currently, I have source control with subversion on my local computer and I have a database on the local computer that I make all changes to. Then, once I’ve tested all the updates on my local computer I deploy the site manually. I use filezilla to upload the updated files and then dump my local database and import it on the deployment server.
Obviously, my current solution is not anywhere near ideal. For one major thing, I need a way to avoid copying my .svn files… Does anyone know what the best solution for this particular setup would be? I’ve looked into Capistrano a bit and Ant, but both of those look like it would be a problem that I do not have shell access…
You can do a subversion export (rather than checkout) to different directory from your working copy, then it will remove all the .svn stuff for you