diff --git a/hooks/post-receive b/hooks/post-receive
new file mode 100755
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/post-receive
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e -u -o pipefail
+
+while read oldrev newrev ref
+do
+    if [[ $ref =~ .*/main$ ]];
+    then
+        echo "main ref received"
+
+		echo "moving into temporary work tree"; {
+		    gitdir=$PWD
+				cd $(mktemp -d)
+		}
+
+		echo "checking out latest source"; {
+			git --work-tree=$PWD --git-dir=$gitdir checkout --force
+		}
+
+		echo "generating static site"; {
+			podman compose build . --volume $PWD/.pub:/data/.pub 
+		}
+
+		echo "restarting server"; {
+			podman compose restart || podman compose up
+		}
+    fi
+done