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+# Open the root of your site in your favorite editor
+
+alias newentry="cd $JEKYLL_LOCAL_ROOT && $EDITOR ."
+
+# Open the _posts/ directory for making a new blog post (seperate from above alias because not everyone uses jekyll for a blog)
+
+alias newpost="cd $JEKYLL_LOCAL_ROOT/_posts && $EDITOR ."
+
+# Build and locally serve the site
+
+alias testsite="cd $JEKYLL_LOCAL_ROOT && jekyll --server --auto"
+
+# Build but don't locally serve the site
+
+alias buildsite="cd $JEKYLL_LOCAL_ROOT && rm -rf _site/ && jekyll"
+
+# Rsync the site to the remote server
+
+alias deploysite="cd $JEKYLL_LOCAL_ROOT %% rsync -rz _site/ $JEKYLL_REMOTE_ROOT"