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+.PHONY: deploy
+deploy: build
+	rsync --archive --verbose --delete dist/ zirconium.home.chandlerswift.com:/var/www/maps.chandlerswift.com/
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	rm -r dist
+
+.PHONY: build
+build: # TODO: add get_data as a prereq
+	npm run build
+
+# in theory I could use non-phony targets here, but then I'd have to be updating
+# this file much more often. Maybe as things stabilize!
+.PHONY: get_data
+get_data:
+	./data/get_all_data.sh