It's much easier to rollback if something goes wrong. You have a "known" good copy and just change a symlink.
We do the timestamped versions too, but our build process tars everything we need up and SCPs it over. Our release directories usually need to be transformed, though, and can't work as a simple git checkout.
We do the timestamped versions too, but our build process tars everything we need up and SCPs it over. Our release directories usually need to be transformed, though, and can't work as a simple git checkout.