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+name: Deploy Wowchemy website to GitHub Pages
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ["main"]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# Provide permission to deploy to GitHub Pages
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pages: write
+  id-token: write
+
+concurrency:
+  group: "pages"
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
+jobs:
+  # Build website
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          # Fetch history for Hugo's .GitInfo and .Lastmod
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: '1.21'
+      - name: Setup Hugo
+        uses: peaceiris/actions-hugo@v2
+        with:
+          hugo-version: '0.119.0'
+          extended: true
+      - name: Build with Hugo
+        env:
+          HUGO_ENVIRONMENT: production
+          HUGO_ENV: production
+        run: |
+          hugo \
+            --gc --minify \
+            --baseURL "https://${{ github.repository_owner }}.github.io/${{ github.event.repository.name }}/"
+      - name: Upload artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          path: ./public
+
+  # Deploy website to GitHub Pages hosting
+  deploy:
+    environment:
+      name: github-pages
+      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: build
+    steps:
+      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
+        id: deployment
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v2