diff --git a/.github/workflows/stage-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/stage-deploy.yml
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-name: stage deploy
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - staging
-    paths-ignore:
-      - 'docs/**'
-      - 'lib/**'
-      - 'README.md'
-      - '.github/workflows/test*.yml'
-
-jobs:
-  stage-deploy:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: setup ruby
-        uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
-        # with:
-        #   bundler-cache: true
-      - name: install gems 
-        run: bundle install
-      - name: build site
-        run: bundle exec jekyll build --config _config.yml,_staging.yml
-      - name: block indexing
-        run: 'mkdir -p _site && echo -e "User-agent: *\nDisallow: /\n" > _site/robots.txt'
-      - name: ftp deploy to host
-        uses: SamKirkland/FTP-Deploy-Action@v4.3.5
-        with:
-          server: ${{secrets.FTP_STAGE_SERVER}}
-          username: ${{secrets.FTP_STAGE_USER}}
-          password: ${{secrets.FTP_STAGE_PW}}
-          protocol: ftps
-          state-name: ./.ftp-deploy-sync-state.json
-          local-dir: ./_site/