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+# rhodecode - run the rhodecode daemon as an upstart job
+# Change variables/paths as necessary and place file /etc/init/rhodecode.conf
+# start/stop/restart as normal upstart job (ie: $ start rhodecode)
+
+description	"RhodeCode Mercurial Server"
+author		"Matt Zuba <matt.zuba@goodwillaz.org"
+
+start on (local-filesystems and runlevel [2345])
+stop on runlevel [!2345]
+
+respawn
+
+umask 0022
+
+env PIDFILE=/var/hg/rhodecode/rhodecode.pid
+env LOGFILE=/var/hg/rhodecode/log/rhodecode.log
+env APPINI=/var/hg/rhodecode/production.ini
+env HOME=/var/hg
+env USER=hg
+env GROUP=hg
+
+exec /var/hg/.virtualenvs/rhodecode/bin/paster serve --user=$USER --group=$GROUP --pid-file=$PIDFILE --log-file=$LOGFILE $APPINI
+
+post-stop script
+	rm $PIDFILE
+end script