From a9b68bfe1f1a2348b35017c5b806a80fb44f848a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Tomaschik <david@systemoverlord.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 20:31:01 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] New script to deploy a checkout

---
 deploy_checkout.sh | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 65 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 deploy_checkout.sh

diff --git a/deploy_checkout.sh b/deploy_checkout.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..294deb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy_checkout.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+usage() {
+  echo "Usage: $(basename "$0") [--dry-run] user@host" >&2
+  exit 1
+}
+
+DRY_RUN=0
+REMOTE=
+
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    --dry-run)
+      DRY_RUN=1
+      shift
+      ;;
+    -h|--help)
+      usage
+      ;;
+    --)
+      shift
+      break
+      ;;
+    -*)
+      usage
+      ;;
+    *)
+      if [[ -n "${REMOTE}" ]]; then
+        usage
+      fi
+      REMOTE="$1"
+      shift
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+if [[ $# -gt 0 || -z "${REMOTE}" ]]; then
+  usage
+fi
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(CDPATH= cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd)"
+
+if ! git -C "$SCRIPT_DIR" rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "Error: $SCRIPT_DIR is not inside a git repository." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ "$DRY_RUN" -eq 1 ]]; then
+  archive_list="$(git -C "$SCRIPT_DIR" archive --format=tar HEAD | tar -tf - | sed 's#^\./##' | sed '/^$/d;/^\.$/d' | sort)"
+  remote_list="$(ssh "$REMOTE" 'if [ -d "$HOME/.skel" ]; then cd "$HOME/.skel" && find . | sed "s#^\./##" | sed "/^$/d;/^\.$/d" | sort; fi' || true)"
+
+  printf 'Would deploy HEAD from %s to %s:%s\n' "$SCRIPT_DIR" "$REMOTE" '$HOME/.skel'
+  printf 'Would replace remote ~/.skel with %s tracked paths\n' "$(printf '%s' "$archive_list" | awk 'NF { n++ } END { print n + 0 }')"
+  if [[ -n "$remote_list" ]]; then
+    printf 'Would remove %s existing remote paths not present in HEAD\n' "$(comm -13 <(printf '%s\n' "$archive_list") <(printf '%s\n' "$remote_list") | awk 'NF { n++ } END { print n + 0 }')"
+  else
+    printf 'Remote ~/.skel does not exist or is empty\n'
+  fi
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+git -C "$SCRIPT_DIR" archive --format=tar HEAD | \
+  ssh "$REMOTE" 'rm -rf "$HOME/.skel" && mkdir -p "$HOME/.skel" && tar -xf - -C "$HOME/.skel"'