Issues with the format of .cpanel.yml file when trying to deploy cpanel git repository to directory.

Question

• I am using a cpanel web administration system.
• With it i create a git repository.
• I am able to push my local code to that git repository.

The problem arises when i attempt to deploy the code in the repository to a production directory on my server.

According to cpanel documentation about deployment, in order to deploy, a git repository must contain a .cpanel.yml file which is committed with the following example data:

---
deployment:
  tasks:
    - export DEPLOYPATH=/home/user/public_html/
    - /bin/cp index.html $DEPLOYPATH
    - /bin/cp style.css $DEPLOYPATH

I have tried various different configurations of this file in order to be able to deploy but couldn't get it to work. I cannot find any more documentation or any further develop examples or sample files.

The relevant structure of my linux server is thus:

home/<username>/
    - git/gitrepo/
        - all of the git files and folders
    - public_html/<app_folder>/

I would like to deploy all of the files and folders in the git repository into the public_html/<app_folder>/ directory.

I have tried the following different configurations:

---
deployment:
      tasks:
        - export DEPLOYPATH=/home/<username>/public_html/<app_folder>
        - / $DEPLOYPATH

---
deployment:
  tasks:
    - export DEPLOYPATH=/home/user/public_html/
    - /bin/cp  $DEPLOYPATH

---
deployment:
  tasks:
    - export DEPLOYPATH=/home/user/public_html/
    - / index.html $DEPLOYPATH // Tried just one file to see if would work but it didn't.
---
deployment:
  tasks:
    - export DEPLOYPATH=/home/user/public_html/
    - /bin/cp index.html $DEPLOYPATH // Tried just one file to see if would work but it didn't.