deploy.rb like this:
application = "signal"
repository = 'git://github.com/dcrec1/signal.git'
hosts = ['hooters', 'geni']
... wouldn't take any effect.
While this:
@application = "signal"
@repository = 'git://github.com/dcrec1/signal.git'
@hosts = ['hooters', 'geni']
... does work.