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+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ "$1" = "-h" ]; then
+	cat <<EOF
+ssg.sh
+-h: print help
+-s: spin up an http server with python3 -m http.server
+-d: deploy website to beepboop.systems
+EOF
+	exit
+fi
+
+if [ "$1" = "-s" ]; then
+	python3 -m http.server -d output
+	exit
+fi
+
+if [ "$1" = "-d" ]; then
+	ssh netbox 'rm -rf ~/output'
+	scp -P 443 -r ./output ryan@beepboop.systems:~
+	ssh netbox 'sudo -S sh -c "rm -rf /var/www/beepboop.systems; mkdir /var/www/beepboop.systems; cp -r ./output/* /var/www/beepboop.systems/"'
+
+	exit
+fi
+
+files=$(find -type f | grep -v "output/")
+directories=$(find -type d | grep -v "output/")
+
+IFS='
+'
+
+mkdir -p ./output
+
+# compile the resume first
+cp -r ../resume ../resume-work
+cd ../resume-work
+pdflatex resume.tex
+cd -
+cp ../resume-work/resume.pdf output/
+
+for i in $directories; do
+	if [ ! "$i" = "./output" ]; then
+		mkdir -p "./output/$i"
+	fi
+done
+
+# only commits with 'CHANGE' in them go into the changelog
+git log --grep 'CHANGE' > output/changelog.rst
+pandoc -s --template=./template.html -f rst -t html -o "output/changelog.html" "output/changelog.rst"
+rm changelog.rst
+
+set -x
+for i in $files; do
+	without_extension=${i%.*}
+	case $i in
+		*.rst)
+			pandoc -s --template=./template.html -f rst -t html -o "output/$without_extension.html" "$without_extension.rst"
+			;;
+		"./ssg.sh") # don't copy this file
+			;;
+		"./shell.nix") # ditto
+			;;
+		"./template.html")
+			;;
+		*)
+			cp "$i" "output/$i"
+			;;
+	esac
+done
+set +x