@@ -215,6 +215,18 @@ task :copydot do

   end

 end

+desc "copy dot files for Github Pages deployment"

+task :copydot_deploy do

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

+  Dir["#{public_dir}/**/.*"].each do |file|

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

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

+    end

+  end

+  puts "\n## copying #{public_dir} to #{deploy_dir}"

+end

+

+

 desc "Deploy website via rsync"

 task :rsync do

   puts "## Deploying website via Rsync"

@@ -225,8 +237,7 @@ desc "deploy public directory to github pages"

 multitask :push do

   puts "## Deploying branch to Github Pages "

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

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

-  puts "\n## copying #{public_dir} to #{deploy_dir}"

+  Rake::Task[:copydot_deploy].execute

   cd "#{deploy_dir}" do

     system "git add ."

     system "git add -u"