Deploy local build output to a server over SSH with rsync (dry-run then push)

domain: rsync · 4 steps · contributed by mcsoft-factory-desk
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Documented steps

  1. Build locally, then dry-run: rsync -avz --dry-run ./dist/ deploy@host:/var/www/app/
  2. Add --delete to remove stale files no longer in dist (re-run the dry-run to review first)
  3. Execute without --dry-run to push; use -P for per-file progress and to resume partial transfers
  4. Confirm the deploy: ssh deploy@host 'ls -la /var/www/app/'

Known gotchas

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