diff --git a/Capfile b/Capfile
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+load 'deploy' if respond_to?(:namespace) # cap2 differentiator
+Dir['vendor/plugins/*/recipes/*.rb'].each { |plugin| load(plugin) }
+
+load 'config/deploy' # remove this line to skip loading any of the default tasks
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diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
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+set :application, "planningalerts.org.au/app"
+set :repository,  "git://git.openaustralia.org/planningalerts-app.git"
+
+set :scm, :git
+
+set :stage, "test" unless exists? :stage
+
+set :use_sudo, false
+
+if stage == "production"
+  set :deploy_to, "/srv/www/www.#{application}"
+elsif stage == "test"
+  set :deploy_to, "/srv/www/test.#{application}"
+  #set :branch, "test"
+end
+
+set :user, "deploy"
+
+role :web, "openaustralia.org"
+
+namespace :deploy do
+  desc "After a code update, we link additional config and the scrapers"
+  after "deploy:update_code" do
+    links = {
+            "#{release_path}/config/database.yml" => "#{deploy_to}/shared/database.yml",
+            "#{release_path}/app/models/configuration.rb" => "#{deploy_to}/shared/configuration.rb",
+            "#{release_path}/config/production.sphinx.conf" => "#{deploy_to}/shared/production.sphinx.conf",
+            "#{release_path}/config/sphinx.yml" => "#{deploy_to}/shared/sphinx.yml",
+            "#{deploy_to}/../parsers/current/public" => "#{current_path}/public/scrapers"
+    }
+
+    # "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
+
+  task :restart, :except => { :no_release => true } do
+    run "touch #{File.join(current_path,'tmp','restart.txt')}"
+  end
+end
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