The files directory should persist between deploys

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
index a0c4049e6..267ede34e 100644
--- a/config/deploy.rb
+++ b/config/deploy.rb
@@ -43,12 +43,17 @@ namespace :deploy do
   task :symlink_configuration do
     links = {
       "#{release_path}/config/database.yml" => "#{shared_path}/database.yml",
-      "#{release_path}/config/general.yml"  => "#{shared_path}/general.yml"
+      "#{release_path}/config/general.yml"  => "#{shared_path}/general.yml",
+      "#{release_path}/files"               => "#{shared_path}/files"
     }
 
     # "ln -sf <a> <b>" creates a symbolic link but deletes <b> if it already exists
     run links.map {|a| "ln -sf #{a.last} #{a.first}"}.join(";")
   end
+
+  after 'deploy:setup' do
+    run "mkdir -p #{shared_path}/files"
+  end
 end
 
 after 'deploy:update_code', 'deploy:symlink_configuration'