For a while, when updating ArkScript website, I have needed to remember to update the copy on my VPS so that the changes would be reflected to the world. Since I’m quite lazy, I’d like to automate this! # The solutions The first solution would be to use crontabs. Easy to setup, find a schedule, write a bash script that cd and git pull and you’re down. However, it has some caveats:

I thought you guys might enjoy it: I have a website that I push to frequently on GitHub, and some GitHub actions that update it periodically by pulling code and generating docs from it. I needed to connect to my vps often and update the website which was cumbersome.

Well a solution is to use webhooks on push events and have a server listening to those events to then update said websites for me.