From 368c6300347ab5dce4bc1a1ac68c1643aaaa1a70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sami Samhuri <sami@samhuri.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2026 19:26:41 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Publish locally when building on the host itself

---
 bake.rb               | 8 +++++++-
 bin/post-link         | 4 +++-
 lib/pressa/publish.rb | 6 ++++--
 test/publish_test.rb  | 9 +++++++++
 4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bake.rb b/bake.rb
index 2ef4e76..82a8bbf 100644
--- a/bake.rb
+++ b/bake.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,13 @@ require "pressa/publish"
 require "pressa/git"
 
 DRAFTS_DIR = "public/drafts".freeze
-PUBLISH_HOST = "mudge".freeze
+# Defaults to the "mudge" tailnet host. Set SAMHURI_PUBLISH_HOST=local (or empty)
+# to rsync into the publish dirs directly, e.g. when building on mudge itself.
+PUBLISH_HOST =
+  case (host = ENV.fetch("SAMHURI_PUBLISH_HOST", "mudge"))
+  when "", "local" then nil
+  else host.freeze
+  end
 PRODUCTION_PUBLISH_DIR = "/var/www/samhuri.net/public".freeze
 BETA_PUBLISH_DIR = "/var/www/beta.samhuri.net/public".freeze
 GEMINI_PUBLISH_DIR = "/var/gemini/samhuri.net".freeze
diff --git a/bin/post-link b/bin/post-link
index bcf1557..dccd465 100755
--- a/bin/post-link
+++ b/bin/post-link
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ git -c commit.gpgsign=false commit -m "Add link post: $slug" >&2
 git push "$REMOTE" "HEAD:$BRANCH" >&2
 
 echo "==> Building and publishing" >&2
-bundle exec bake publish >&2
+# We're already on the publish host, so rsync into the live dirs locally
+# instead of trying to SSH back to ourselves.
+SAMHURI_PUBLISH_HOST=local bundle exec bake publish >&2
 
 echo "==> Published $post_path" >&2
 # Stdout carries just the path so the caller (Shortcut) can show/use it.
diff --git a/lib/pressa/publish.rb b/lib/pressa/publish.rb
index 7d1e712..bbf6522 100644
--- a/lib/pressa/publish.rb
+++ b/lib/pressa/publish.rb
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ module Pressa
   module Publish
     module_function
 
+    # A nil host publishes locally (no SSH), used when building on the host itself.
     def rsync_command(local_paths:, host:, publish_dir:, dry_run:, delete:)
-      command = ["rsync", "-aKv", "-e", "ssh -4"]
+      command = ["rsync", "-aKv"]
+      command.push("-e", "ssh -4") if host
       command << "--dry-run" if dry_run
       command << "--delete" if delete
       command.concat(local_paths)
-      command << "#{host}:#{publish_dir}"
+      command << (host ? "#{host}:#{publish_dir}" : publish_dir)
       command
     end
   end
diff --git a/test/publish_test.rb b/test/publish_test.rb
index ff00118..120d197 100644
--- a/test/publish_test.rb
+++ b/test/publish_test.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ class Pressa::PublishTest < Minitest::Test
     refute_includes(command, "--delete")
   end
 
+  def test_rsync_command_publishes_locally_when_host_is_nil
+    command = Pressa::Publish.rsync_command(
+      local_paths: ["www/"], host: nil, publish_dir: "/var/www/samhuri.net/public",
+      dry_run: false, delete: true
+    )
+    assert_equal("/var/www/samhuri.net/public", command.last)
+    refute_includes(command, "-e")
+  end
+
   def test_rsync_command_supports_multiple_local_paths
     command = Pressa::Publish.rsync_command(
       local_paths: ["www/", "extra/"], host: "powder", publish_dir: "/srv/site",