```ruby
namespace :copy do

  archive_name = "archive.tar.gz"
  include_dir  = fetch(:include_dir) || "*"
  exclude_dir  = fetch(:exclude_dir) || ""

  desc "Archive files to #{archive_name}"
  file archive_name => FileList[include_dir].exclude(archive_name) do |t|
    sh "tar -cvzf #{t.name} #{t.prerequisites.join(" ")}" + (exclude_dir.empty? ? "" : " --exclude #{exclude_dir}")
  end

  desc "Deploy #{archive_name} to release_path"
  task :deploy => archive_name do |t|
    tarball = t.prerequisites.first
    on roles :all do

      # Make sure the release directory exists
      execute :mkdir, "-p", release_path

      # Create a temporary file on the server
      tmp_file = capture("mktemp")

      # Upload the archive, extract it and finally remove the tmp_file
      upload!(tarball, tmp_file)
      execute :tar, "-xzf", tmp_file, "-C", release_path
      execute :rm, tmp_file
    end

    Rake::Task["copy:clean"].invoke

  end

  task :clean do |t|
    # Delete the local archive
    File.delete archive_name if File.exists? archive_name
  end

  task :create_release => :deploy

  task :check

  task :set_current_revision

end
```

Fix --exclude argument order to work on OS X. Allow exlude_dir to be an Array
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```ruby
namespace :copy do

  archive_name = "archive.tar.gz"
  include_dir  = fetch(:include_dir) || "*"
  exclude_dir  = Array(fetch(:exclude_dir))

  exclude_args = exclude_dir.map { |dir| "--exclude '#{dir}'"}

  desc "Archive files to #{archive_name}"
  file archive_name => FileList[include_dir].exclude(archive_name) do |t|
    cmd = ["tar -cvzf #{t.name}", *exclude_args, *t.prerequisites]
    sh cmd.join(' ')
  end

  desc "Deploy #{archive_name} to release_path"
  task :deploy => archive_name do |t|
    tarball = t.prerequisites.first
    on roles :all do

      # Make sure the release directory exists
      execute :mkdir, "-p", release_path

      # Create a temporary file on the server
      tmp_file = capture("mktemp")

      # Upload the archive, extract it and finally remove the tmp_file
      upload!(tarball, tmp_file)
      execute :tar, "-xzf", tmp_file, "-C", release_path
      execute :rm, tmp_file
    end

    Rake::Task["copy:clean"].invoke

  end

  task :clean do |t|
    # Delete the local archive
    File.delete archive_name if File.exists? archive_name
  end

  task :create_release => :deploy

  task :check

  task :set_current_revision

end
```
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