One more ditch effort

.gitlab-ci.yml

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 before_script:
   - apt-get update
-  - apt-get install -y -qq openssh-client rsync wget git
+  - apt-get install -y -qq openssh-client rsync wget
   - wget https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/download/v0.54.0/hugo_0.54.0_Linux-64bit.deb
   - dpkg -i hugo_0.54.0_Linux-64bit.deb
 
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ teststuff:
   image: ubuntu:18.04
   script:
     - ls -lAsh
-    - git diff -p -R --no-color
-    - git diff -p -R --no-color | grep -E "^(diff|(old|new) mode)" --color=never | git apply
+    - mkdir public
+    - chmod 700 public
     - hugo -v --gc
     - ls -lAsh
     - ls -lAsh public