@@ -163,7 +163,19 @@ end

 ##############

 desc "Default deploy task"

-task :deploy => "#{deploy_default}" do

+multitask :deploy => [:copydot, "#{deploy_default}"] do

+end

+

+desc "copy dot files for deployment"

+task :copydot do

+  cd "#{source_dir}" do

+    exclusions = [".", "..", ".DS_Store"]

+    Dir[".*"].each do |file|

+      if !File.directory?(file) && !exclusions.include?(file)

+        cp(file, "../#{public_dir}");

+      end

+    end

+  end

 end

 desc "Deploy website via rsync"

@@ -173,7 +185,7 @@ task :rsync do

 end

 desc "deploy public directory to github pages"

-task :push do

+multitask :push do

   puts "## Deploying branch to Github Pages "

   (Dir["#{deploy_dir}/*"]).each { |f| rm_rf(f) }

   system "cp -R #{public_dir}/* #{deploy_dir}"