From 3a4e103d95bcb349615880310ece11f07169933b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lee Cattarin <lee.cattarin@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 07:49:15 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add drone instructions to readme

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 # 11ty Template
 
 Template repository for my 11ty projects.
+
+## full drone/submodule setup from scratch
+
+### 1. create repo
+
+in heckin gitea, create destination repo.
+
+### 2. add dronefile to source repo
+
+Filename: `.drone.yml`, in root of repo. Note the `<>` vars to replace.
+
+```yaml
+kind: pipeline
+type: docker
+name: default
+
+steps:
+  - name: build
+    image: node:current
+    environment:
+      REPOSITORY: <dest-repo>
+      GIT_USER: <username>
+      GIT_TOKEN:
+        from_secret: GIT_TOKEN
+    commands:
+      - git config credential.helper '!f() { echo username=$GIT_USER; echo "password=$GIT_TOKEN"; };f'
+      - git submodule update --remote --init --merge
+      - npm install
+      - npm run build
+      - apt-get update && apt-get install -y rsync
+      - rsync -uavh _site/ $REPOSITORY --delete --exclude .git
+      - cd $REPOSITORY
+      - git checkout main
+      - git config --global --add safe.directory /drone/src/$REPOSITORY
+      - git add -A
+      - git commit -m "drone build $(TZ=':America/Los_Angeles' date)"
+      - git push
+```
+
+### 3. create PAT
+
+in heckin, go to settings > applications, and create a PAT with read & write permissions to repositories.
+
+### 4. activate project in drone and add PAT
+
+in drone, find your project and activate it.
+
+in the settings, I chose to disable pull requests and forks. I set my runner timeout to 15m.
+
+you can set your PAT either as a project secret or an organization secret. In either case call it `GIT_TOKEN`.
+
+### 5. first commit to submodule
+
+assuming we are committing the _site folder...
+
+```sh
+cp -r _site ../temp
+cd ../temp
+
+git init
+git add -A
+git commit -m "first"
+
+git remote add origin <remote-url>
+git push -u origin main
+```
+
+### 6. add submodule to local repo
+
+in root dir of local repo, add the submodule.
+
+```sh
+git submodule add <remote-url>
+```
+
+if you used the SSH url, set it to the HTTPS url.
+
+```sh
+git submodule set-url <remote-url-https>
+git add .gitmodules # the changes from submodule add are auto-staged, this config change isn't
+```
+
+commit your changes and push.
+
+```sh
+git commit -m "add submodule"
+```
+
+(commit your dronefile changes too.)
+
+### 7. profit
+
+if it doesn't work, cry