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Persist the dev-server port across runs #30

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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions .gitignore
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# Build artefact: the blog entrypoint mirrored where the blog plugin stats for
# it; the source of truth is blog/index.md. See hooks/publish_siblings.py.
docs/blog/

# Randomised dev-server port, picked once per clone
.serve-port
11 changes: 9 additions & 2 deletions Makefile
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.PHONY: help bootstrap site serve

PORT_FILE := .serve-port

## Show available targets
help:
@grep -B1 '^[a-z]' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | grep '^##' | sed 's/## / /'
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NO_MKDOCS_2_WARNING=true uv run mkdocs build --strict

## Start the live-reloading dev server
serve:
NO_MKDOCS_2_WARNING=true uv run mkdocs serve -a localhost:80$$(( RANDOM % 10 ))$$(( RANDOM % 10 ))
serve: $(PORT_FILE)
NO_MKDOCS_2_WARNING=true uv run mkdocs serve -a localhost:$$(cat $(PORT_FILE))

# Pick a random port once and reuse it; delete the file to get a new one
$(PORT_FILE):
awk 'BEGIN { srand(); print 8000 + int(rand() * 1000) }' > $@
@echo "picked port $$(cat $@) (stored in $@)"
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