deploy only static files

[Gregory Nicholas]

is there currently a way to only deploy certain, or only static files?

this is what i'm currently facing, and hoping to use a selective
deploy feature for:

- my app is currently managing a couple dozen automated system emails
- created them as django templates to reduce maintenance overhead
- some emails have 2 or 3 different versions
- allow us to test and compare responses between variations

ideally, i want to provide a fast path to updating the email
templates, without redeploying the entire application. is this
possible or should i look to not use static files / django if they
need to be updated more often than i deploy?

[Jeff Morgan]

Yes, it would be nice if we could deploy a version, e.g. "static", such that the files deployed in static.myapp.appsot.com where accessible by any version of myapp.appspot.com. This may also be an easier way to specify static content (in addition to appengine-web.xml <static-files>.)

[Jeff Morgan]

At the moment I am investigating the new GAE API for Google Cloud Storage. While the API is still young it may be an option because it allows you to maintain the files separate from GAE.