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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# The production directory
+TARGET="/var/www/friends.of.mineral.town"
+# Local (to server) git repository
+GIT_DIR="~/mineral.town.git"
+# A temporary directory for deployment
+TEMP="~/work"
+# Name of production branch
+BRANCH="main"
+
+while read oldrev newrev ref
+do
+    # only checking out the deployment branch
+    if [ "$ref" = "refs/heads/$BRANCH" ];
+    then
+        mkdir $TEMP
+
+        echo "Ref $ref received. Deploying ${BRANCH} branch to production..."
+        git --work-tree=$TEMP --git-dir=$GIT_DIR checkout -f $BRANCH
+
+        # build blog
+        cd $TEMP/blog
+        hugo -D
+
+        # Replace production directory with updated project files
+        cd ~
+        rm -rf $TARGET
+        mv $TEMP/ $TARGET/
+    else
+        echo "Ref $ref received. Doing nothing: only the ${BRANCH} branch may be deployed on this server."
+    fi
+done