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title: "You might not need to build that script anymore | Netlify"
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source: "https://www.netlify.com/blog/2017/03/07/you-might-not-need-to-build-that-script-anymore/"
last_updated: "2026-09-01T01:42:55.000Z"
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I often see individuals tweet about code showing they integrated into a complicated build script just to publish their website.

> Got tired of manually deploying things to my website, so I just spent the last hour hooking it up to [@travisci](https://twitter.com/travisci) to build and deploy it.
> 
> — Iheanyi 🇳🇬 Ekechukwu (@kwuchu) [January 8, 2017](https://twitter.com/kwuchu/status/818235471985864704)

I applaud the effort in solving the problem of automating deployments for [static\*](https://jamstack.org) sites and actually have more respect for them in doing the hard work of perfecting continuous integration (CI). I just want to point out that this doesn’t have to be a problem we solve every week — git-centric deployment is a solved problem.

> Achievement unlocked. Every PR to our [@seekjobs](https://twitter.com/seekjobs) style guide now automatically deploys a preview of the static site to [@surge\_sh](https://twitter.com/surge_sh) 📦🚀
> 
> — Mark Dalgleish (@markdalgleish) [January 18, 2017](https://twitter.com/markdalgleish/status/821533267220262912)

At the time of writing this article, Netlify has 150k+ deployed sites, most of which are connected via Git providers. These repos are deploying like clockwork using Netlify’s [seamless integration](https://docs.netlify.com/configure-builds/overview/) to manage deployments. This means you can take your existing build scripts to kick start your CI without the need for hot-wiring code into place. The only requirement is providing your build command to Netlify when connecting your repo. This could be the build command from your static site generator, like `hugo build` or the production webpack config wrapped in your `npm run build`.

With Netlify, a new build will trigger every time you deploy to your staging, master, or even secret-feature branches. Netlify provides preview sites for each of the branches that you can share via CI and even manage using their [deploy context](https://docs.netlify.com/configure-builds/overview/) feature.

So next time your friends go off into the corner to start writing the ultimate script that triggers deploys on successful pushes to GitHub, tell them they don’t have to anymore—[just use Netlify](https://app.netlify.com/signup).

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