Sitecore.Extensions/App_Config/Include/Unicorn/Unicorn.AutoPublish.config
<!--
Unicorn Auto Publish Configuration
This file configures the Unicorn serialization system to automatically publish items that it syncs.
This file should be removed on content delivery environments.
http://github.com/kamsar/Unicorn
-->
<configuration xmlns:patch="http://www.sitecore.net/xmlconfig/" xmlns:role="http://www.sitecore.net/xmlconfig/role/">
<sitecore role:require="Standalone or ContentManagement">
<pipelines>
<unicornSyncComplete>
<!-- at the end of each configuration's sync, we throw the items it changed into ManualPublishQueueHandler's queue -->
<processor type="Unicorn.Pipelines.UnicornSyncComplete.AddSyncedItemsToPublishQueue, Unicorn" />
</unicornSyncComplete>
<unicornSyncEnd>
<!-- when all configurations have synced, fire off a publish that processes the queue we've accumulated -->
<processor type="Unicorn.Pipelines.UnicornSyncEnd.TriggerAutoPublishSyncedItems, Unicorn">
<PublishTriggerItemId>/sitecore/templates/Common/Folder</PublishTriggerItemId> <!-- the trigger item can be any leaf node Sitecore item - just has to have a 'starting point' for the publish -->
<!-- these are the database(s) to publish synced items to -->
<TargetDatabases hint="list:AddTargetDatabase">
<web>web</web>
</TargetDatabases>
</processor>
</unicornSyncEnd>
<publish>
<!--
This handler manually injects arbitrary items into the publish queue so that the next publish to occur will cause the injected items to get published.
See http://www.velir.com/blog/index.php/2013/11/22/how-to-create-a-custom-publish-queue-in-sitecore/ et. al.
-->
<processor patch:after="*[@type='Sitecore.Publishing.Pipelines.Publish.AddItemsToQueue, Sitecore.Kernel']" type="Unicorn.Publishing.ManualPublishQueueHandler, Unicorn"/>
</publish>
</pipelines>
</sitecore>
</configuration>