Speed up build/deployment by using symlinked image

Gruntfile.coffee

@@ -21,18 +21,7 @@ module.exports = (grunt)->
                     {expand: true, cwd:'./data', src:'**/*.cg', dest:'./dist/data'}
                 ]
 
-        copy:
-            data:
-                files: [
-                    {expand:true, cwd:'./data', src:'**/*', dest:'./build/data'}
-                ]
-            build_to_dist:
-                files: [
-                    {expand:true, cwd:'./build', src:'**/*', dest:'./dist'}
-                ]
-
         clean:
-            build: ['./build']
             dist: ['./dist']
 
         mochaTest:
@@ -47,6 +36,13 @@ module.exports = (grunt)->
                 verbose: true
             src: ['./test/**/*.test.coffee']
 
+        symlink:
+            images:
+                files: [
+                    {expand:true, cwd:'./data', src:'**/*.png', dest:'./dist/data'}
+                ]
+
+
         watch:
             data_files:
                 files: ['./data/**/*.cg']
@@ -54,23 +50,20 @@ module.exports = (grunt)->
 
     # Compound Tasks ###################################################################################################
 
-    grunt.registerTask 'build', 'build the project to be run from a local server',
-        ['copy:data']
-
     grunt.registerTask 'default', 'run tests to verify data files',
         ['test']
 
     grunt.registerTask 'dist', 'build the project to be run from Amazon S3',
-        ['build', 'copy:build_to_dist', 'compress']
+        ['clean', 'symlink:images', 'compress']
 
     grunt.registerTask 'test', 'run unit tests',
         ['mochaTest']
 
     grunt.registerTask 'upload:prod', 'upload the project to the production Amazon S3 environment',
-        ['dist', 'script:s3_upload:prod']
+        ['script:s3_upload:prod']
 
     grunt.registerTask 'upload:staging', 'upload the project the staging Amazon S3 environment',
-        ['dist', 'script:s3_upload:staging']
+        ['script:s3_upload:staging']
 
     # Code Tasks #######################################################################################################
 

circle.yml

@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ deployment:
     all:
         branch: master
         commands:
+            - grunt dist
             - grunt upload:prod
             - grunt upload:staging

package.json

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     "grunt-contrib-clean": "^1.0.0",
     "grunt-contrib-compress": "^1.2.0",
     "grunt-contrib-copy": "^1.0.0",
+    "grunt-contrib-symlink": "^1.0.0",
     "grunt-contrib-watch": "^0.6.1",
     "grunt-mocha-test": "^0.12.7",
     "mocha": "^2.2.4",

scripts/s3_upload

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+function die {
+    echo $*
+    exit 1
+}
+
 if [[ -e "./aws.config" ]]; then
     export AWS_CONFIG_FILE="./aws.config"
 else
@@ -10,15 +15,15 @@ ENVIRONMENT=""
 while [[ "$1" != "" ]]; do
     case "$1" in
         "--staging") ENVIRONMENT="staging";;
-        "--production") ENVIRONMENT="production";;
-        *) die "Please specify environment: --staging or --production";;
+        "--prod") ENVIRONMENT="prod";;
+        *) die "Please specify environment: --staging or --prod";;
     esac
     shift
 done
 
 SOURCE_DIR="./dist/"
 SITE="staging.crafting-guide.com"
-[[ "$ENVIRONMENT" == "production" ]] && SITE="crafting-guide.com"
+[[ "$ENVIRONMENT" == "prod" ]] && SITE="crafting-guide.com"
 TARGET_DIR="s3://$SITE/"
 
 S3CMD_CFG="$HOME/.s3cfg"
@@ -28,7 +33,7 @@ cat $AWS_CONFIG_FILE | grep "aws_secret_access_key" | sed "s/aws_secret_access_k
 
 HEADERS="--add-header=cache-control:max-age=1800"
 GZIP="--add-header=content-encoding:gzip"
-CMD="sync $SOURCE_DIR $TARGET_DIR -r -P $HEADERS --stop-on-error --exclude=*"
+CMD="sync $SOURCE_DIR $TARGET_DIR -r -F -P $HEADERS --stop-on-error --exclude=*"
 
 echo "Preparing to upload to S3..."
 s3cmd $CMD       -m 'image/png'  --include="*.png" || exit 1