+    """
+    Deploy the latest version of the site to the servers,
+    install any required third party modules,
+    install the virtual host and then restart the webserver
+    """
+    require('hosts', 'sandbox', 'gitbranch', provided_by=[staging, production])
+
+    env.release = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H%M')
+
+    prepare_package_from_git()
+
+    upload_wsgi_script()
+#    upload_vhost_sample()
+    install_requirements()
+    hardlink_localsettings()
+    symlink_current_release()
+    migrate()
+    django_compress()
+    restart_webserver()
+
+
+def deploy_version(version):
+    "Specify a specific version to be made live"
+    require('hosts', 'path', provided_by=[localhost, webserver])
+    env.version = version
+    with cd(env.path):
+        run('rm releases/previous; mv releases/current releases/previous;', pty=True)
+        run('ln -s %(version)s releases/current' % env, pty=True)
+
+    restart_webserver()
+
+
+def rollback():
+    """
+    Limited rollback capability. Simple loads the previously current
+    version of the code. Rolling back again will swap between the two.
+    """
+    require('hosts', provided_by=[staging, production])
+    require('path')
+    with cd(env.path):
+        run('mv releases/current releases/_previous;', pty=True)
+        run('mv releases/previous releases/current;', pty=True)
+        run('mv releases/_previous releases/previous;', pty=True)
+    restart_webserver()
+
+
+# =====================================================================
+# = Helpers. These are called by other functions rather than directly =
+# =====================================================================
+def prepare_package_from_git():
+    "Create an archive from the current Git master branch and upload it"
+    print '>>> upload tar from git'
+
+    require('release', provided_by=[deploy])
+
+    run('mkdir -p %(path)s/releases/%(release)s' % env, pty=True)
+    run('mkdir -p %(path)s/packages' % env, pty=True)
+    run('cd %(path)s/mirror; git pull; git archive --format=tar %(gitbranch)s | gzip > %(path)s/packages/%(release)s.tar.gz' % env)
+    run('cd %(path)s/releases/%(release)s && tar zxf ../../packages/%(release)s.tar.gz' % env, pty=True)
+
+
+#def upload_vhost_sample():
+#    "Create and upload Apache virtual host configuration sample"
+#    print ">>> upload vhost sample"
+#    files.upload_template('%(project_name)s.vhost.template' % env, '%(path)s/%(project_name)s.vhost.sample' % env, context=env)
+
+
+def upload_wsgi_script():
+    "Create and upload a wsgi script sample"
+    print ">>> upload wsgi script sample"
+    files.upload_template('%(project_name)s/config/%(project_name)s.wsgi.template' % env, '%(path)s/www/wsgi/%(project_name)s.wsgi' % env, context=env)
+    run('chmod ug+x %(path)s/www/wsgi/%(project_name)s.wsgi' % env)
+
+
+def install_requirements():
+    "Install the required packages from the requirements file using pip"
+
+    print '>>> Instaling global requirements'
+    require('release', provided_by=[deploy])
+    run('cd %(path)s; %(path)s/bin/pip install -r %(path)s/releases/%(release)s/%(project_name)s/config/requirements.txt' % env, pty=True)
+
+    print '>>> Instaling site requirements'
+
+    with settings(warn_only=True):
+        run('cd %(path)s; %(path)s/bin/pip install -r %(sandbox)s/etc/%(project_name)s/requirements.txt' % env, pty=True)
+
+
+def hardlink_localsettings():
+    "Hardlink localsettings.py from root directory to release directory (if this file exists)"
+    print ">>> Hardlink localsettings"
+    require('release', 'path', provided_by=[deploy])
+    require('sandbox', provided_by=[staging, production])
+
+    # hardlink localsettings
+    with settings(warn_only=True):
+        run('ln %(sandbox)s/etc/%(project_name)s/localsettings.py %(path)s/releases/%(release)s/%(project_name)s' % env)
+
+
+def symlink_current_release():
+    "Symlink our current release"
+    print '>>> symlink current release'
+    require('release', provided_by=[deploy])
+    require('path', provided_by=[staging, production])
+    with cd(env.path):
+        run('rm releases/previous; mv releases/current releases/previous')
+        run('ln -s %(release)s releases/current' % env)
+
+
+def migrate():
+    "Update the database"
+    print '>>> migrate'
+    require('project_name', provided_by=[staging, production])
+    with cd('%(path)s/releases/current/%(project_name)s' % env):
+        run('%(target)s manage.py syncdb --noinput' % env, pty=True)
+
+        if env.use_south:
+            run('%(target)s manage.py migrate' % env, pty=True)
+
+
+def django_compress():
+    "Update static files"
+    print '>>> migrate'
+    require('project_name', provided_by=[staging, production])
+    with cd('%(path)s/releases/current/%(project_name)s' % env):
+        run('%(target)s manage.py synccompress --force' % env, pty=True)