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+Statig
+======
+
+Statig is a [thor](http://github.com/wycats/thor) task to manage a static website
+tracked with git. Don't expect anything fancy.
+
+Install
+-------
+
+    cd ~/web/example.org
+    thor install http://github.com/sr/statig/statig.rb?raw=true
+    wget http://github.com/sr/statig/statig.sample.yml.rb?raw=true
+    cp statig.sample.yml config.yml
+    echo "thor statig:build ../.." >> .git/hooks/post-commit
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+    $EDITOR somepage.textile
+    git commit -a -m "some commit message"