diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.pyc
diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+cd content
+# 1. Save any new comments first
+git add comments.csv
+git commit -m "chore: save comments before update"
+git push origin main
+
+# 2. Now update the whole blog
+cd ..
+git pull
+git submodule update --init --recursive