Soon: google for 'inurl:github_update.php' and click each result.
Better alternative: use something like Capistrano to automate deployments. It's not Heroku-style automatic after a push, but it's pretty close.
Still, points for ingenuity.
Better alternative: use something like Capistrano to automate deployments. It's not Heroku-style automatic after a push, but it's pretty close.
Still, points for ingenuity.
For example, at work, we have a similar function that pulls down the current SVN repository onto the web servers. We've been doing this for years, it works great - but that doesn't mean people can just call these URLs from the outside. I also believe choosing an obfuscating name for the update file is not sufficiently secure.
I agree though, this is still a really simple way to automate deployment.