diff --git a/custom_syadmin/git_hooks_post-receive.py b/custom_syadmin/git_hooks_post-receive.py
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+#! python
+"""
+This is an alternative to `git_hooks_post-receive.sh`.
+The post commit hook in Gitea would include something like the following to ensure this script is called.
+
+#!/bin/sh
+read oldrev newrev ref
+python "D:\dev\websites\sandpoints-dev\custom_syadmin\git_hooks_post-receive.py" \
+--git_repo "D:\dev\websites\pirate-care-syllabus\gitea\gitea-repositories\gitea\pirate-care-syllabus.git" \
+--website "D:\dev\websites\testing-ground\sandpoints" \
+--website_preview "D:\dev\websites\testing-ground\sandpoints\_preview" \
+--library "D:\dev\websites\pirate-care-syllabus\_library" \
+--tmp_dir "D:\tmp\tmp" \
+--oldrev $oldrev \
+--newrev $newrev \
+--ref $ref
+
+To test this script from the command line without relying on a commit hook being triggered, use:
+
+python "D:\dev\websites\sandpoints-dev\custom_syadmin\git_hooks_post-receive.py" --ref refs/heads/master --git_repo "D:\dev\websites\pirate-care-syllabus\gitea\gitea-repositories\gitea\pirate-care-syllabus.git" --website D:\\dev\\websites\\testing-ground\\sandpoints --website_preview D:\\dev\\websites\\testing-ground\\sandpoints\\_preview --tmp_dir D:\\tmp\\tmp --git_url "http://localhost:3000/gitea/pirate-care-syllabus" --base_url "http://localhost:8000"
+
+Just a mental note to read refs from the post-receive hook like this:
+
+oldrev,newrev,refname = sys.stdin.readline().strip().split(' ')
+
+"""
+import os
+import argparse
+import random
+import string
+import subprocess
+import shutil
+import stat
+from datetime import datetime
+import logging
+
+logging.basicConfig(level = logging.DEBUG, filename = "/tmp/git_hooks.log")
+
+logging.info("WTF!")
+
+
+# format for dates
+date_format = "%m/%d/%Y, %H:%M:%S"
+
+# Set the variables we'll be allowing for (as CL arg or environment variable)
+vars = {
+    'oldrev': False, # set programmatically by git hook
+    'newrev': False, # set programmatically by git hook
+    'ref': False, # set programmatically by git hook
+    'library': '_library',
+    'website': '_website',
+    'website_preview': '_websitepreview',
+    'git_repo': False,
+    'base_url': False, #override the site's base
+    'git_url': False,
+    'git_path': 'git',
+    'hugo_path': 'hugo',
+    'tmp_dir': '/tmp',
+    'force': False,
+    'branch': None,
+    'preview_branch': None,
+}
+
+# logging time
+start_time = datetime.now().strftime(date_format)
+
+def random_string(length=3):
+    """ Generates a random string """
+    letters = string.ascii_lowercase
+    return ''.join(random.choice(letters) for i in range(length))
+
+
+def get_value(name, default=False):
+    """ Variables can be set as environment variable or in command line """
+    if hasattr(args, name.lower()) and getattr(args, name.lower()) is not None:
+        print('CLI:', name, getattr(args, name.lower()))
+        return getattr(args, name.lower())
+    elif name.upper() in os.environ:
+        print('env:', name, os.environ[name.upper()])
+        return os.environ[name.upper()]
+    else:
+        print('default:', name, default)
+        return default
+
+
+def cmd(parts, cwd=None, env=None):
+    """ Executes a shell command and returns the output """
+    print(f"Command: {' '.join(parts)} ({cwd})")
+    return subprocess.check_output(parts, cwd=cwd, env=env, universal_newlines=True).strip()
+
+
+def rmrf(path, keep_dir=False):
+    """ Use safe-rm for recursive removal """
+    """ @TODO: make it safer """
+    def remove_readonly(func, path, excinfo):
+        os.chmod(path, stat.S_IWRITE)
+        func(path)
+    # Try removal.
+    if keep_dir and os.path.exists(path) and len(os.path.realpath(path)) > 1:
+        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
+            for f in files:
+                os.unlink(os.path.join(root, f))
+            for d in dirs:
+                shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(root, d), onerror=remove_readonly)
+    elif os.path.exists(path) and len(os.path.realpath(path)) > 1:
+        shutil.rmtree(path, onerror=remove_readonly)
+    else:
+        print("Either the path doesn't exist or you are trying to delete the root directory(?!):", path)
+
+
+def clobber(filepath, data, append=False):
+    """ Equivalent of > or >> when append is True """
+    mode = 'a' if append else 'w'
+    with open(filepath, mode) as f:
+        f.write(data)
+
+
+def build_site(dest, tmp, branch=None, hugo_environment='gitea'):
+    """ builds the website to "dest" using "tmp" as an intermediate location """
+    global GIT_PATH, GIT_REPO, HUGO_PATH
+    if branch:
+        print("Cloning branch: ", branch)
+        cmd([GIT_PATH, 'clone', '--branch', branch, '.', tmp], cwd=GIT_REPO)
+        #print(' '.join([GIT_PATH, 'archive', '--format', 'tar', branch, '|', 'tar', '-x', '-C', tmp]))
+        #subprocess.call(' '.join([GIT_PATH, 'archive', '--format', 'tar', branch, '|', 'tar', '-x', '-C', tmp]), shell=True, cwd=GIT_REPO)
+    else:
+        cmd([GIT_PATH, 'clone', '.', tmp], cwd=GIT_REPO)
+    rmrf(os.path.join(tmp, '.git'))
+    rmrf(dest, keep_dir=True)
+    try:
+        if not os.path.exists(dest):
+            os.makedirs(dest)
+            print("Build destination created: ", dest)
+        else:
+            print("Build destination exists: ", dest)
+    except:
+        print(f"Error creating the directory: {dest}")
+    lcl = f'{tmp}/last-commit-log.html'
+    clobber(lcl, '<html><head><meta charset="utf-8"></head><body><pre>')
+    # overriding hugo config for development environments 
+    env = os.environ.copy()
+    if BASE_URL:
+        env["HUGO_PARAMS_BASEURL"] = BASE_URL
+    if  GIT_URL:
+        env["HUGO_PARAMS_GITURL"] = GIT_URL
+    # run the hugo command
+    hugo_output = cmd([HUGO_PATH, '--templateMetrics', '-e', hugo_environment, '-d', dest], cwd=tmp, env=env)
+    clobber(lcl, hugo_output, append=True)
+    now_time = datetime.now().strftime(date_format)
+    clobber(lcl, f"\n{start_time}\n{now_time}", append=True)
+    clobber(lcl, f"</pre></body></html>", append=True)
+    shutil.move(lcl, dest)
+
+
+# Parsing command line arguments
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+for v in vars:
+    parser.add_argument(f"--{v.lower()}")
+args = parser.parse_args()
+logging.info(args)
+
+# Load all variables from command line arguments or environment variables
+for v in vars:
+    globals()[v.upper()] = get_value(v.lower(), vars[v])
+
+# set up directories
+os.makedirs(WEBSITE, exist_ok=True)
+os.makedirs(WEBSITE_PREVIEW, exist_ok=True)
+TMP_WEBSITE = os.path.join(TMP_DIR, 'website', random_string())
+TMP_WEBSITE_PREVIEW =  os.path.join(TMP_DIR, 'websitepreview', random_string())
+os.makedirs(TMP_WEBSITE, exist_ok=True)
+os.makedirs(TMP_WEBSITE_PREVIEW, exist_ok=True)
+
+# start working
+# Check if someone edited the publish trigger
+published = False
+refs = cmd([GIT_PATH, 'diff-tree', '--no-commit-id', '--name-only', REF], cwd=GIT_REPO).split("\n")
+for r in refs:
+    if FORCE or r == "PUBLISH.trigger.md":
+        build_site(WEBSITE, TMP_WEBSITE, branch=BRANCH)
+        published = True
+# Check if there is a !publish!
+if not published:
+    refs = cmd([GIT_PATH, 'show', '--format="%s"', '-s'], cwd=GIT_REPO).split(' ')
+    for r in refs:
+        if r == "!publish!":
+            build_site(WEBSITE, TMP_WEBSITE, branch=BRANCH)
+            published = True
+# Let the world know if there hasn't been a publish
+if not published:
+    print("The site wasn't build because there was no publish trigger, nor was it forced.")
+# create preview version
+build_site(WEBSITE_PREVIEW, TMP_WEBSITE_PREVIEW, branch=PREVIEW_BRANCH, hugo_environment='preview')
+
+# Clean up temp directories
+rmrf(TMP_WEBSITE)
+rmrf(TMP_WEBSITE_PREVIEW)
diff --git a/custom_syadmin/git_hooks_post-receive.sh b/custom_syadmin/git_hooks_post-receive.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+LIBRARY=/var/www/html/library
+
+WEBSITE=/var/www/html/hugopiratecare
+[ -d $WEBSITE ] || mkdir -p $WEBSITE
+
+WEBSITEPREVIEW=/var/www/html/hugopiratecare/_preview/
+[ -d $WEBSITEPREVIEW ] || mkdir -p $WEBSITEPREVIEW
+
+GIT_URL="https://git.memoryoftheworld.org/PirateCare/Syllabus"
+HUGO_PREVIEW_URL="https://syllabus.pirate.care/_preview/"
+
+GIT_PATH="git"
+HUGO_PATH="hugo"
+
+BRK="krb"
+SAVEIFS=$IFS
+
+TMP_WEBSITE=/tmp/website$RANDOM
+TMP_WEBSITEPREVIEW=/tmp/websitepreview$RANDOM
+
+d=`date`
+CWD=`pwd`
+
+while read oldrev newrev ref
+do
+	refs=`$GIT_PATH diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only $ref`
+	IFS=$'\n'
+	r=($refs)
+
+	for (( i=0; i<${#r[@]}; i++ ))
+	do
+		if [ ${r[$i]} = "PUBLISH.trigger.md" ]; then
+			cd $CWD
+			$GIT_PATH clone . $TMP_WEBSITE
+			cd $TMP_WEBSITE
+			[ -d $WEBSITE ] || mkdir -p $WEBSITE
+
+      if [ -d $WEBSITE ]; then
+			 safe-rm -rf ${WEBSITE}*
+      fi
+
+			$HUGO_PATH -e gitea -d $WEBSITE > ${TMP_WEBSITE}/last-commit-log.txt
+			printf "\n>> $d\n>> `date`" >> ${TMP_WEBSITE}/last-commit-log.txt
+			mv ${TMP_WEBSITE}/last-commit-log.txt $WEBSITE
+			cd /tmp/
+
+                        if [ -d $TMP_WEBSITE ]
+	                  then
+			    safe-rm -rf $TMP_WEBSITE
+                        fi
+			BRK="brk"
+			break
+		fi
+	done
+
+	if [ $BRK = "brk" ]; then
+		break
+	fi
+
+	cd $CWD
+	refs=`$GIT_PATH show --format="%s" -s`
+	IFS=$' '
+	r=($refs)
+	for (( i=0; i<${#r[@]}; i++ ))
+	do
+		if [ ${r[$i]} = "!publish!" ]; then
+			$GIT_PATH clone . $TMP_WEBSITE
+			cd $TMP_WEBSITE
+
+			[ -d $WEBSITE ] || mkdir -p $WEBSITE
+
+      if [ -d $WEBSITE ]; then
+			    safe-rm -rf ${WEBSITE}*
+      fi
+
+			$HUGO_PATH -e gitea -d $WEBSITE > ${TMP_WEBSITE}/last-commit-log.txt
+			printf "\n>> $d\n>> `date`" >> ${TMP_WEBSITE}/last-commit-log.txt
+			mv $TMP_WEBSITE/last-commit-log.txt $WEBSITE
+			cd /tmp/
+
+			if [ -d $TMP_WEBSITE ]; then
+				safe-rm -rf $TMP_WEBSITE
+			fi
+
+			break
+		fi
+	done
+done
+
+cd $CWD
+$GIT_PATH clone . $TMP_WEBSITEPREVIEW
+cd $TMP_WEBSITEPREVIEW
+
+[ -d $WEBSITEPREVIEW ] || mkdir -p $WEBSITEPREVIEW
+[ -d data ] || mkdir -p data
+
+echo 'edit = true' > data/myvars.toml
+echo 'giturl="'${GIT_URL}'"' >> data/myvars.toml
+
+if [ -d $WEBSITEPREVIEW ]; then
+    safe-rm -rf $WEBSITEPREVIEW
+fi
+
+
+$HUGO_PATH -e gitea -d $WEBSITEPREVIEW > ${TMP_WEBSITEPREVIEW}/last-commit-log.txt
+printf "\n>> $d\n>> `date`" >> ${TMP_WEBSITEPREVIEW}/last-commit-log.txt
+mv ${TMP_WEBSITEPREVIEW}/last-commit-log.txt $WEBSITEPREVIEW
+
+if [ -d $TMP_WEBSITEPREVIEW ]; then
+    safe-rm -rf $TMP_WEBSITEPREVIEW
+fi
+
+ln -sf $LIBRARY $WEBSITE
+ln -sf $LIBRARY $WEBSITEPREVIEW
+
+IFS=$SAVEIFS