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'
diff --git a/config/deploy.rb-example b/config/deploy.rb-example
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-#############################################################
-#	This file is designed as a starting point to use
-# capistrano to deploy the trunk of tracks to a webhost
-# where it is served using Phusion Passenger. For more
-# info on getting started with Passenger, see
-# http://www.modrails.com/
-#############################################################
-
-
-#############################################################
-#	Application
-#############################################################
-
-set :application, "tracks"
-set :deploy_to, "/var/www/apps/tracks"
-
-#############################################################
-#	Settings
-#############################################################
-
-default_run_options[:pty] = true
-ssh_options[:forward_agent] = true
-set :use_sudo, true
-set :scm_verbose, true
-set :rails_env, "production" 
-
-#############################################################
-#	Servers
-#############################################################
-
-#set :user, "your_login_name_on_your_webhost_if_different_from_local"
-set :domain, "tracks.yoursite.com"
-server domain, :app, :web
-role :db, domain, :primary => true
-
-#############################################################
-#	Git
-#############################################################
-
-set :scm, :git
-set :branch, "master"
-set :repository, "git://github.com/bsag/tracks.git"
-set :deploy_via, :remote_cache
-
-#############################################################
-#	Passenger
-#############################################################
-
-namespace :deploy do
-  desc "Symlink config files"
-  task :before_symlink do
-    run "rm #{release_path}/public/.htaccess" #not compatible with Passenger
-    run "ln -s #{shared_path}/config/database.yml #{release_path}/config/database.yml"
-    run "ln -s #{shared_path}/config/site.yml #{release_path}/config/site.yml"
-    run "ln -s #{shared_path}/config/environment.rb #{release_path}/config/environment.rb"
-  end
-
-  # Restart passenger on deploy
-  desc "Restarting mod_rails with restart.txt"
-  task :restart, :roles => :app, :except => { :no_release => true } do
-    run "touch #{current_path}/tmp/restart.txt"
-  end
-  
-  [:start, :stop].each do |t|
-    desc "#{t} task is a no-op with mod_rails"
-    task t, :roles => :app do ; end
-  end
-  
-end
-
-namespace :db do
-  desc 'Dumps the production database to db/production_data.sql on the remote server'
-  task :remote_db_dump, :roles => :db, :only => { :primary => true } do
-    run "cd #{deploy_to}/#{current_dir} && " +
-      "rake RAILS_ENV=#{rails_env} db:dump_sql --trace" 
-  end
-
-  desc 'Downloads db/production_data.sql from the remote production environment to your local machine'
-  task :remote_db_download, :roles => :db, :only => { :primary => true } do  
-    execute_on_servers(options) do |servers|
-      self.sessions[servers.first].sftp.connect do |tsftp|
-        tsftp.download!("#{deploy_to}/#{current_dir}/db/production_data.sql", "db/production_data.sql")
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  desc 'Cleans up data dump file'
-  task :remote_db_cleanup, :roles => :db, :only => { :primary => true } do
-    execute_on_servers(options) do |servers|
-      self.sessions[servers.first].sftp.connect do |tsftp|
-        tsftp.remove! "#{deploy_to}/#{current_dir}/db/production_data.sql" 
-      end
-    end
-  end 
-
-  desc 'Dumps, downloads and then cleans up the production data dump'
-  task :remote_db_runner do
-    remote_db_dump
-    remote_db_download
-    remote_db_cleanup
-  end
-end