From 57ade9f67d4cff2486e560ba81ae4569ef8ee3b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hyperling <me@hyperling.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 11:00:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Give the cronjob some safety so that it churns less.

---
 Config/HugoExample/files/hugo.cronjob.sh | 25 +++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Config/HugoExample/files/hugo.cronjob.sh b/Config/HugoExample/files/hugo.cronjob.sh
index 0e215bc..88accb9 100644
--- a/Config/HugoExample/files/hugo.cronjob.sh
+++ b/Config/HugoExample/files/hugo.cronjob.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,25 @@
 
 cd /var/www/hugo/site
 
-git pull && hugo --gc --minify
-status="$?"
+echo "*** Running cronjob @ `date` ***"
 
-if [[ $status == 0 && -e public/* ]]; then
-	rm -rfv /var/www/html/*
-	mv -rfv public/* /var/www/html/
+# Pull any updates, and if the project is already up to date, exit successfully.
+git pull | grep -v "up to date"
+status="$?"
+echo "* Pull status is '$status'."
+if [[ $status != 0 && -e /var/www/html/index.html ]]; then
+	echo "* Site is already up to date and copied, exiting."
+	exit 0
 fi
+
+# If the project was not already up to date, build the new files for NGINX.
+hugo --gc --minify
+status="$?"
+echo "* Hugo status is '$status'."
+if [[ $status == 0 && -e public/index.html ]]; then
+	echo "* Copying files..."
+	rm -rfv /var/www/html/*
+	mv -v public/* /var/www/html/
+fi
+
+exit 0