putting the config file in a shared directory for in the deploy scripts

config/deploy.rb

@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ namespace :deploy do
     run "ln -s -f #{shared_path}/bundle #{current_path}/vendor/bundle"
   end
 
+  task :symlink_config do
+    run "touch #{shared_path}/app_config.yml"
+    run "ln -s -f #{shared_path}/app_config.yml #{current_path}/config/app_config.yml"
+  end
+
    task :start do
       start_mongo
       start_thin
@@ -150,4 +155,4 @@ namespace :db do
 
 end
 
-after "deploy:symlink", "deploy:symlink_images", "deploy:symlink_bundle"
+after "deploy:symlink", "deploy:symlink_images", "deploy:symlink_bundle", 'deploy:symlink_config"

db/seeds/backer.rb

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def set_app_config username
   current_config[Rails.env.to_s] ||= {}
   current_config[Rails.env.to_s]['pod_url'] = "#{username}.joindiaspora.com"
   current_config['default']['pod_url'] = "#{username}.joindiaspora.com"
-  file = File.new(Rails.root.join('config','app_config.yml'),'w')
+  file = File.new(Rails.root.join('..','shared','app_config.yml'),'w')
   file.write(current_config.to_yaml)
   file.close
 end

db/seeds/tom.rb

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def set_app_config username
   current_config[Rails.env.to_s] ||= {}
   current_config[Rails.env.to_s]['pod_url'] = "#{username}.joindiaspora.com"
   current_config['default']['pod_url'] = "#{username}.joindiaspora.com"
-  file = File.new(Rails.root.join('config','app_config.yml'),'w')
+  file = File.new(Rails.root.join('..','shared','app_config.yml'),'w')
   file.write(current_config.to_yaml)
   file.close
 end