this should fix it

deploy.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ "$1" = "dev" ]; then
+    branch=dev
+    location='/var/www/html-test'
+elif [ "$1" = "prod" ]; then
+    branch=main
+    location='/var/www/html'
+fi
+
+cd ~/website || exit
+git checkout "$branch"
+git pull
+
+cd ~/.dotfiles || exit
+git checkout "$branch"
+git pull
+
+cd ~/blog || exit
+git checkout "$branch"
+git pull
+
+cd ~/.dotfiles || exit
+~/website/fix-dotfile-paths.sh
+emacs --batch -f package-initialize --script ~/website/publish.el
+~/website/post-publish.sh
+
+cp -r public_html/* "$location"

fix-dotfile-paths.sh

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ create_dir_tree () {
 
 cd ~/.dotfiles || exit
 git checkout main
-echo '#+title: Dotfiles' >> index.org
+echo '#+title: Dotfiles' > index.org
 echo 'This is my system configuration. These pages are automatically generated from the sources hosted [[https://git.sr.ht/~jjanzen/.dotfiles][here]]. Choose which system to browse: ' >> index.org
 find -- . -maxdepth 1 -type d | sed '/\(^\.$\|^\.\/\.git$\|\.\/common\)/d' | while read -r root; do
     echo creating root $root