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+name: Build and Deploy site
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - gh-pages
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: install hugo
+        run: |
+          # current "ubuntu-latest" has 0.92.2, which is way too old
+          wget https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/download/v0.134.2/hugo_extended_0.134.2_linux-amd64.deb
+          sudo dpkg -i *.deb
+          rm *.deb
+      - name: Build
+        run: hugo
+      - uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          path: public/
+
+  deploy:
+    name: publish on github pages
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: build
+    permissions:
+      pages: write
+      id-token: write
+    environment:
+      name: github-pages
+      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
+        id: deployment
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4