A post-receive hook for "deploying" static sites using Git.

static-site-post-receive-hook

#!/bin/sh

main() {
  local temporary="$(mktemp -d)"
  local repository="/path/to/bare/repository.git"
  local deployment="/path/to/site/root"

  echo -n "Copying files... "
  git --work-tree="${temporary}" --git-dir="${repository}" checkout --force
  echo "done."

  echo -n "Deploying changes... "
  chmod 755 "${temporary}"
  rm -rf "${deployment}"
  mv "${temporary}" "${deployment}"
  echo "done."
}

main "$@"