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+# Generate my website out of org-mode/gemini files
+#
+# maybe check https://themattchan.com/blog/2017-02-28-make-site-generator.html
+
+source := src
+output := _site
+sources := $(shell find $(source) -name '*.org')
+htmls := $(patsubst %.org,%.html,$(subst $(source),$(output),$(sources)))
+
+assetssources := $(shell find $(source) -type f ! -path '*.org')
+assets := $(subst $(source),$(output),$(assetssources)) 
+
+all: $(htmls) $(assets)
+
+$(output)/%.css: $(source)/%.css
+ 	mkdir -p $(shell dirname $@)
+	cp $< $@
+
+# # recipe for converting an org-mode file into html using Pandoc
+# $(output)/%.html: $(source)/%.org
+# 	mkdir -p $(shell dirname $@)
+# 	pandoc \
+# 		--from org \
+# 		--to html5 \
+# 		--css=/css/y.css \
+# 		--toc \
+# 		-s \
+# 		--standalone \
+# 		$< \
+# 		-o $@
+
+.PHONY: clean
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(output)/*