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+stages:
+  - build
+  - publish
+
+build:
+  stage: build
+  tags: ["shell"]
+  script:
+    #tar -zcvf www-makepostsell-com.tar.gz output
+    - rm -rf .git
+    - cd ..; tar -zcvf www-makepostsell-com.tar.gz www-makepostsell-com; mv www-makepostsell-com.tar.gz www-makepostsell-com; cd www-makepostsell-com
+
+    # create commit-hash.txt to track this build's git commit hash.
+    - echo $CI_COMMIT_SHA >> commit-hash.txt
+
+
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - www-makepostsell-com.tar.gz
+      - commit-hash.txt
+    expire_in: 1 month
+
+
+publish:
+  stage: publish
+  tags: ["shell"]
+  script:
+    # publish build to Salt Master
+    - sudo /opt/salt-call-put-artifacts-onto-salt-master.sh
+