Deploy command with subdirectory

[tiloio]

Why do I can't choose a subdirectory for me application root? It is only possible to have another branch.

But if you have a frontend and a backend you want both in one repository and not in two branches.

[githubsaturn]

You can use custom captain-definition paths.

• Create a frontend and a backend app on CapRover
• Go to the web dashboard and under the deployment tab (at the bottom) change captain-definition path to frontend-captain-definition for frontend app, and backend-captain-definition for backend app.
• Create these two captain-definition file with custom dockerfile and have their path corrected.

Now you can deploy your source to each app and the correct.

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Another approach is to have one captain-definition file in each directory (frontend and backend). Make no custom change to captain-definition and use the custom tarfile option and create the tar file of your subdirectory yourself, example: https://caprover.com/docs/recipe-deploy-create-react-app.html

[tiloio]

I think both approaches are not very convenient.

If I want to deploy more than two apps in a repo fast, I have to use the tar file option, which is manually very slow and annoying. A proper CLI would be great for that. Otherwise I would always write a shell script which does that for me...