Use rsync to deploy your website:
"rsync -arvuz /home/user/brecksblog breck32@breckyunits.com:/var/www/html/ --exclude '.git' --exclude 'deploy' --exclude 'README' --exclude 'posts.php'"
Various recommendations that have come to me via email. Dear BLOGGER checker, I am a REAL PERSON, see one of the drafts where I have given you my phone number to reach me.