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+.PHONY: deploy
+
+deploy:
+	rm -rf deploy
+	hyde gen
+	#hyde publish
+
+.PHONY: update-tufte-css
+update-tufte-css:
+	git subtree pull -P tufte-css --squash https://github.com/edwardtufte/tufte-css.git gh-pages
+	cp -Rp tufte-css/{tufte.css,et-book} content/media/css
+	@echo Make sure to git add content/media/css and commit the updates (if any)!
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+Initial setup:
+```
+virtualenv-3.8 p
+. ./p/bin/activate
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```