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Author: spatialthoughts

README.md

@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ The website is a static website generated using the following technologies
 
 * All the content is based on Markdown files and Jupyter notebooks.
 * The HTML is generated using [Jupyterbook](https://jupyterbook.org/en/stable/intro.html).
-* The webpages are hosted on [Github Pages](https://pages.github.com/).
+* The webpages are hosted on [Github Pages](https://pages.github.com/). A GitHub action builds and writes the output to the `gh-pages` branch.
 * Comments are powered by [utterances](https://utteranc.es/).
 
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+# Local Development
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 ## Clone the Repository
 
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