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+title: Deploy a website using Git
+date: 2023-09-25
+description: ""
+tags: [meta, git]
+showComments: true
+---
+## Git-ftp
+
+I tested a lot of different FTP programs including GUIs, TUIs and CLIs.
+There might be a problem with the FTP server but I don't control that unfortunately.
+The only program working flawlessly so far is [git-ftp](https://git-ftp.github.io/), a plugin for Git.
+Not only is this perfectly integrated into git, which I am using anyway.
+Also no errors occurred so far.
+Plus I can automate the upload using [hooks](#git-hooks).
+
+## Git hooks
+
+The real MVP however is [Git Hooks](https://git-scm.com/docs/githooks).
+Hooks are scripts that run automatically on certain Git events.
+
+I did, for example, create a hook to automacally build the website after commiting a change.
+Yes, this could introduce problems such as breaking changes and I end up with a broken website, but as I test it regularly this should not become a problem.
+
+The second hook I created pushes the website to the FTP server whenever I push to the remote repository.
+
+## Git submodule
+
+I recently discovered that I can use `git submodule` to add the `public` folder created by Hugo.
+This allows me to upload the repository to my pages repository on Codeberg and have the site mirrored there.
+Secoundly, it allows me to upload the website with git-ftp without uploading everything else.
+
+---
+
+What awesome features of Git are you using?