From 69a94d6c94ae095be8625b20da3fed90a7464470 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Paul <mail@polarhive.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 11:17:08 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 01/18] fix: update benchmark workflow to post-results on PRs

---
 .github/workflows/bench.yml | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
 test/bench.sh               | 12 ++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench.yml b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
index 5f218f9..9d070ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: Benchmark
 on:
-  push:
+  pull_request:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
@@ -34,4 +34,23 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run Benchmark
         run: |
-          ./test/bench.sh
+          output=$(./test/bench.sh 2>&1)
+          exit_code=$?
+          if [ $exit_code -ne 0 ]; then
+            echo "Benchmark script failed with exit code $exit_code"
+            echo "$output"
+            exit $exit_code
+          fi
+          echo "$output" | sed -n '/Begin Benchmark/,/End Benchmark/p' > bench_results.txt
+
+      - name: Post Benchmark Results
+        if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository
+        run: |
+          gh pr comment ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --body "## Benchmark Results
+
+          \`\`\`
+          $(cat bench_results.txt)
+          \`\`\`" --create-if-none --edit-last
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
diff --git a/test/bench.sh b/test/bench.sh
index f5d2588..9afb504 100755
--- a/test/bench.sh
+++ b/test/bench.sh
@@ -67,15 +67,23 @@ for ((i = 0; i < files; i++)); do
     cp /tmp/bench/test.md "/tmp/bench/hugo/content/test_$i.md"
 done
 
+# begin benchmark
+echo ""
+echo "Begin Benchmark"
+echo ""
+
 # run hyperfine
 echo ""
 echo "running benchmark: $files md files and $warm warmup runs"
 echo ""
 hyperfine -p 'sync' -w $warm \
   "cd /tmp/bench/hugo && hugo" \
-  "cd /tmp/bench/anna && ./anna -r \"site/\"" \
-  "cd /tmp/bench/anna && ./anna_greentea -r \"site/\"" \
+  "cd /tmp/bench/anna && ./anna" \
+  "cd /tmp/bench/anna && ./anna_greentea" \
   "cd /tmp/bench/saaru && ./saaru --base-path ./docs" \
   "cd /tmp/bench/sapling/benchmark && ./../sapling run"
 echo ""
 
+echo ""
+echo "End Benchmark"
+echo ""
\ No newline at end of file

From 9a56aedbac6d79a1c5273e41db1f59e225895f50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Paul <mail@polarhive.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 11:22:50 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 02/18] ci: tee output

---
 .github/workflows/bench.yml | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench.yml b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
index 9d070ef..8f876b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
@@ -34,14 +34,13 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run Benchmark
         run: |
-          output=$(./test/bench.sh 2>&1)
-          exit_code=$?
+          ./test/bench.sh 2>&1 | tee full_output.txt
+          exit_code=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
           if [ $exit_code -ne 0 ]; then
             echo "Benchmark script failed with exit code $exit_code"
-            echo "$output"
             exit $exit_code
           fi
-          echo "$output" | sed -n '/Begin Benchmark/,/End Benchmark/p' > bench_results.txt
+          sed -n '/Begin Benchmark/,/End Benchmark/p' full_output.txt > bench_results.txt
 
       - name: Post Benchmark Results
         if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository

From 12a344a10ef9f0c9cb12599fd415a0c5f544eef4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Paul <mail@polarhive.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 11:33:51 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 03/18] ci: upload artifacts

---
 .github/workflows/bench.yml | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench.yml b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
index 8f876b0..74f6d1f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
           sed -n '/Begin Benchmark/,/End Benchmark/p' full_output.txt > bench_results.txt
 
       - name: Post Benchmark Results
-        if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
         run: |
           gh pr comment ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --body "## Benchmark Results
 
@@ -53,3 +53,9 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+
+      - name: Upload Benchmark Results
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: benchmark-results
+          path: bench_results.txt

From 36f9fa1520d4bfd0905439e33e6bd8b8ffc0e9cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Paul <mail@polarhive.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 11:40:48 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 04/18] ci: fix perms

---
 .github/workflows/bench.yml | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench.yml b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
index 74f6d1f..f43a073 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ on:
 jobs:
   benchmark:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
+      contents: read
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
@@ -32,6 +36,16 @@ jobs:
           profile: minimal
           toolchain: stable
 
+      - name: Cache Rust builds
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            /tmp/bench/saaru/target
+            /tmp/bench/sapling/target
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-rust-target-${{ hashFiles('/tmp/bench/saaru/Cargo.lock', '/tmp/bench/sapling/Cargo.lock') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-rust-target-
+
       - name: Run Benchmark
         run: |
           ./test/bench.sh 2>&1 | tee full_output.txt
@@ -41,19 +55,21 @@ jobs:
             exit $exit_code
           fi
           sed -n '/Begin Benchmark/,/End Benchmark/p' full_output.txt > bench_results.txt
+          echo "## Benchmark Results" > comment_body.txt
+          echo "" >> comment_body.txt
+          echo "\`\`\`" >> comment_body.txt
+          cat bench_results.txt >> comment_body.txt
+          echo "" >> comment_body.txt
+          echo "\`\`\`" >> comment_body.txt
 
       - name: Post Benchmark Results
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
         run: |
-          gh pr comment ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --body "## Benchmark Results
-
-          \`\`\`
-          $(cat bench_results.txt)
-          \`\`\`" --create-if-none --edit-last
+          gh pr comment ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --body-file comment_body.txt --create-if-none --edit-last
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
-
+          
       - name: Upload Benchmark Results
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:

From 81029826d1d0942d4e34e88e4a5d4618ca0087f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Paul <mail@polarhive.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 12:06:23 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 05/18] ci: cleanup

---
 .github/workflows/bench.yml | 35 +++++++++++++++++++----------------
 test/bench.sh               |  9 ++-------
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench.yml b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
index f43a073..4a66a61 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
@@ -12,41 +12,43 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
 
     steps:
+      # Checkout
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
-      - name: Install System Dependencies
+      # System Dependencies
+      - name: Dependencies: Install Hyperfine
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y hyperfine
+          sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install -y hyperfine
 
-      - name: Setup Hugo
+      # Tool Setup
+      - name: Tools: Setup Hugo
         uses: peaceiris/actions-hugo@v3
         with:
           hugo-version: 'latest'
 
-      - name: Install Go
+      - name: Tools: Install Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version-file: "go.mod"
 
-      - name: Install Rust
+      - name: Tools: Install Rust
         uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1.0.6
         with:
           profile: minimal
           toolchain: stable
 
-      - name: Cache Rust builds
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+      # Caching
+      - name: Cache: Rust Builds
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: |
             /tmp/bench/saaru/target
             /tmp/bench/sapling/target
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-rust-target-${{ hashFiles('/tmp/bench/saaru/Cargo.lock', '/tmp/bench/sapling/Cargo.lock') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-rust-target-
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-rust-target
 
-      - name: Run Benchmark
+      # Execution
+      - name: Execution: Run Benchmark
         run: |
           ./test/bench.sh 2>&1 | tee full_output.txt
           exit_code=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "Benchmark script failed with exit code $exit_code"
             exit $exit_code
           fi
-          sed -n '/Begin Benchmark/,/End Benchmark/p' full_output.txt > bench_results.txt
+          sed -n '/Begin Benchmark/,/End Benchmark/{ /Begin Benchmark/d; /End Benchmark/d; p; }' full_output.txt > bench_results.txt
           echo "## Benchmark Results" > comment_body.txt
           echo "" >> comment_body.txt
           echo "\`\`\`" >> comment_body.txt
@@ -62,7 +64,8 @@ jobs:
           echo "" >> comment_body.txt
           echo "\`\`\`" >> comment_body.txt
 
-      - name: Post Benchmark Results
+      # Results
+      - name: Results: Post Benchmark
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
         run: |
           gh pr comment ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --body-file comment_body.txt --create-if-none --edit-last
@@ -70,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
           
-      - name: Upload Benchmark Results
+      - name: Results: Upload Benchmark
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: benchmark-results
diff --git a/test/bench.sh b/test/bench.sh
index 9afb504..0eff717 100755
--- a/test/bench.sh
+++ b/test/bench.sh
@@ -66,14 +66,12 @@ for ((i = 0; i < files; i++)); do
     cp /tmp/bench/test.md "/tmp/bench/sapling/benchmark/content/blogs/test_$i.md"
     cp /tmp/bench/test.md "/tmp/bench/hugo/content/test_$i.md"
 done
+echo ""
 
 # begin benchmark
-echo ""
 echo "Begin Benchmark"
-echo ""
 
 # run hyperfine
-echo ""
 echo "running benchmark: $files md files and $warm warmup runs"
 echo ""
 hyperfine -p 'sync' -w $warm \
@@ -83,7 +81,4 @@ hyperfine -p 'sync' -w $warm \
   "cd /tmp/bench/saaru && ./saaru --base-path ./docs" \
   "cd /tmp/bench/sapling/benchmark && ./../sapling run"
 echo ""
-
-echo ""
-echo "End Benchmark"
-echo ""
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "End Benchmark"
\ No newline at end of file

From 2763c409ff4e13f554ae9be0db0d7862044d83f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Paul <mail@polarhive.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 12:22:09 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 06/18] ci: caches?

---
 .github/workflows/bench.yml | 22 ++++++-------
 .gitignore                  |  1 +
 test/bench.sh               | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 3 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench.yml b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
index 4a66a61..c6c3e2a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
@@ -17,38 +17,36 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       # System Dependencies
-      - name: Dependencies: Install Hyperfine
+      - name: Dependencies Install Hyperfine
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install -y hyperfine
 
       # Tool Setup
-      - name: Tools: Setup Hugo
+      - name: Tools Setup Hugo
         uses: peaceiris/actions-hugo@v3
         with:
           hugo-version: 'latest'
 
-      - name: Tools: Install Go
+      - name: Tools Install Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version-file: "go.mod"
 
-      - name: Tools: Install Rust
+      - name: Tools Install Rust
         uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1.0.6
         with:
           profile: minimal
           toolchain: stable
 
       # Caching
-      - name: Cache: Rust Builds
+      - name: Cache Rust Builds
         uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
-          path: |
-            /tmp/bench/saaru/target
-            /tmp/bench/sapling/target
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-rust-target
+          path: tmp/bench
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-bench
 
       # Execution
-      - name: Execution: Run Benchmark
+      - name: Execution Run Benchmark
         run: |
           ./test/bench.sh 2>&1 | tee full_output.txt
           exit_code=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "\`\`\`" >> comment_body.txt
 
       # Results
-      - name: Results: Post Benchmark
+      - name: Results Post Benchmark
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
         run: |
           gh pr comment ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --body-file comment_body.txt --create-if-none --edit-last
@@ -73,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
           
-      - name: Results: Upload Benchmark
+      - name: Results Upload Benchmark
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: benchmark-results
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 42f06b7..5f91039 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ dist/
 **/rendered/
 test/**/static/
 test/**/got_sitemap.xml
+tmp/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/bench.sh b/test/bench.sh
index 0eff717..fcc5e81 100755
--- a/test/bench.sh
+++ b/test/bench.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 files=1000
 warm=10
 
+BASE_DIR=$(pwd)
+
 # cleanup
 cleanup() {
     echo "cleaning up"
-    rm -rf /tmp/bench
+    rm -rf $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench
 }
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
@@ -25,26 +27,42 @@ fi
 echo ""
 echo "clone SSGs"
 echo ""
-git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/anna-ssg/anna /tmp/bench/anna
-git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/anirudhRowjee/saaru /tmp/bench/saaru
-git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/NavinShrinivas/sapling /tmp/bench/sapling
+
+clone_or_pull() {
+  local repo=$1
+  local dir=$2
+  if [ ! -d "$dir" ]; then
+    git clone --depth=1 "$repo" "$dir"
+  else
+    cd "$dir" && git pull --depth=1 --ff-only
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+      cd "$(dirname "$dir")"
+      rm -rf "$dir"
+      git clone --depth=1 "$repo" "$dir"
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+clone_or_pull https://github.com/anna-ssg/anna $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna
+clone_or_pull https://github.com/anirudhRowjee/saaru $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/saaru
+clone_or_pull https://github.com/NavinShrinivas/sapling $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/sapling
 
 # copy benchmark file
-cp /tmp/bench/anna/site/content/posts/bench.md /tmp/bench/test.md
+cp $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna/site/content/posts/bench.md $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/test.md
 
 echo ""
 echo "build SSGs"
 echo ""
-cd /tmp/bench/anna && go build && cd /tmp/bench
-cd /tmp/bench/anna && GOEXPERIMENT=greenteagc go build -o anna_greentea && cd /tmp/bench
+cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna && go build && cd ../..
+cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna && GOEXPERIMENT=greenteagc go build -o anna_greentea && cd ../..
 
 # build rust based SSGs (edit this block if they are already installed)
-cd /tmp/bench/sapling && cargo build --release && mv target/release/sapling .
-cd /tmp/bench/saaru && cargo build --release && mv target/release/saaru .
+cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/sapling && cargo build --release && mv target/release/sapling .
+cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/saaru && cargo build --release && mv target/release/saaru .
 
 ## setup hugo
-hugo new site /tmp/bench/hugo; cd /tmp/bench/hugo
-hugo new theme mytheme; echo "theme = 'mytheme'" >> hugo.toml; cd /tmp/bench
+hugo new site $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/hugo; cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/hugo
+hugo new theme mytheme; echo "theme = 'mytheme'" >> hugo.toml; cd ../..
 
 ## setup 11ty
 
@@ -52,19 +70,19 @@ hugo new theme mytheme; echo "theme = 'mytheme'" >> hugo.toml; cd /tmp/bench
 echo ""
 echo "Cleaning content directories"
 echo ""
-rm -rf /tmp/bench/anna/site/content/posts/*
-rm -rf /tmp/bench/saaru/docs/src/*
-rm -rf /tmp/bench/sapling/benchmark/content/blog/*
-rm -rf /tmp/bench/hugo/content/*
+rm -rf $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna/site/content/posts/*
+rm -rf $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/saaru/docs/src/*
+rm -rf $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/sapling/benchmark/content/blog/*
+rm -rf $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/hugo/content/*
 
 # create multiple copies of the test file
 echo ""
 echo "Spawning $files different markdown files..."
 for ((i = 0; i < files; i++)); do
-    cp /tmp/bench/test.md "/tmp/bench/anna/site/content/posts/test_$i.md"
-    cp /tmp/bench/test.md "/tmp/bench/saaru/docs/src/test_$i.md"
-    cp /tmp/bench/test.md "/tmp/bench/sapling/benchmark/content/blogs/test_$i.md"
-    cp /tmp/bench/test.md "/tmp/bench/hugo/content/test_$i.md"
+    cp $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/test.md "$BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna/site/content/posts/test_$i.md"
+    cp $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/test.md "$BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/saaru/docs/src/test_$i.md"
+    cp $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/test.md "$BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/sapling/benchmark/content/blogs/test_$i.md"
+    cp $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/test.md "$BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/hugo/content/test_$i.md"
 done
 echo ""
 
@@ -75,10 +93,10 @@ echo "Begin Benchmark"
 echo "running benchmark: $files md files and $warm warmup runs"
 echo ""
 hyperfine -p 'sync' -w $warm \
-  "cd /tmp/bench/hugo && hugo" \
-  "cd /tmp/bench/anna && ./anna" \
-  "cd /tmp/bench/anna && ./anna_greentea" \
-  "cd /tmp/bench/saaru && ./saaru --base-path ./docs" \
-  "cd /tmp/bench/sapling/benchmark && ./../sapling run"
+  "cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/hugo && hugo" \
+  "cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna && ./anna" \
+  "cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna && ./anna_greentea" \
+  "cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/saaru && ./saaru --base-path ./docs" \
+  "cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/sapling/benchmark && ./../sapling run"
 echo ""
 echo "End Benchmark"
\ No newline at end of file

From 0446f3d1e4ca52881d0c37da5645da43b9aea403 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Paul <mail@polarhive.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 12:33:47 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 07/18] ci: reorganize benchmark

---
 test/bench.sh | 34 +++++++---------------------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/test/bench.sh b/test/bench.sh
index fcc5e81..e54035e 100755
--- a/test/bench.sh
+++ b/test/bench.sh
@@ -1,24 +1,19 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# parameters
 files=1000
 warm=10
-
 BASE_DIR=$(pwd)
 
-# cleanup
 cleanup() {
     echo "cleaning up"
     rm -rf $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench
 }
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
-# check if hyperfine is installed
+# deps
 if ! command -v hyperfine &>/dev/null; then
     echo "hyperfine is not installed. Please install hyperfine to continue."
     exit 1
 fi
-
-# check if hugo is installed
 if ! command -v hugo &>/dev/null; then
     echo "hugo is not installed. Please install hugo to continue."
 fi
@@ -27,7 +22,6 @@ fi
 echo ""
 echo "clone SSGs"
 echo ""
-
 clone_or_pull() {
   local repo=$1
   local dir=$2
@@ -47,7 +41,6 @@ clone_or_pull https://github.com/anna-ssg/anna $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna
 clone_or_pull https://github.com/anirudhRowjee/saaru $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/saaru
 clone_or_pull https://github.com/NavinShrinivas/sapling $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/sapling
 
-# copy benchmark file
 cp $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna/site/content/posts/bench.md $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/test.md
 
 echo ""
@@ -55,8 +48,6 @@ echo "build SSGs"
 echo ""
 cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna && go build && cd ../..
 cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna && GOEXPERIMENT=greenteagc go build -o anna_greentea && cd ../..
-
-# build rust based SSGs (edit this block if they are already installed)
 cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/sapling && cargo build --release && mv target/release/sapling .
 cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/saaru && cargo build --release && mv target/release/saaru .
 
@@ -64,18 +55,12 @@ cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/saaru && cargo build --release && mv target/release/saaru
 hugo new site $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/hugo; cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/hugo
 hugo new theme mytheme; echo "theme = 'mytheme'" >> hugo.toml; cd ../..
 
-## setup 11ty
-
 # clean content/* dirs
-echo ""
-echo "Cleaning content directories"
-echo ""
 rm -rf $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna/site/content/posts/*
 rm -rf $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/saaru/docs/src/*
 rm -rf $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/sapling/benchmark/content/blog/*
 rm -rf $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/hugo/content/*
 
-# create multiple copies of the test file
 echo ""
 echo "Spawning $files different markdown files..."
 for ((i = 0; i < files; i++)); do
@@ -86,17 +71,12 @@ for ((i = 0; i < files; i++)); do
 done
 echo ""
 
-# begin benchmark
 echo "Begin Benchmark"
-
-# run hyperfine
-echo "running benchmark: $files md files and $warm warmup runs"
-echo ""
+echo "running benchmark: $files md files and $warm warmup runs \n"
 hyperfine -p 'sync' -w $warm \
-  "cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/hugo && hugo" \
-  "cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna && ./anna" \
-  "cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna && ./anna_greentea" \
   "cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/saaru && ./saaru --base-path ./docs" \
-  "cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/sapling/benchmark && ./../sapling run"
-echo ""
-echo "End Benchmark"
\ No newline at end of file
+  "cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/sapling/benchmark && ./../sapling run" \
+  "cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna && ./anna_greentea" \
+  "cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna && ./anna" \
+  "cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/hugo && hugo"
+echo "End Benchmark"

From 8a266d3d4bdd71e7a615766e68d7159368a31d0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Paul <mail@polarhive.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 12:37:41 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 08/18] trap

---
 test/bench.sh | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/test/bench.sh b/test/bench.sh
index e54035e..aeff06a 100755
--- a/test/bench.sh
+++ b/test/bench.sh
@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@ files=1000
 warm=10
 BASE_DIR=$(pwd)
 
-cleanup() {
-    echo "cleaning up"
-    rm -rf $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench
-}
-trap cleanup EXIT
-
 # deps
 if ! command -v hyperfine &>/dev/null; then
     echo "hyperfine is not installed. Please install hyperfine to continue."

From 818c560cc437a3e94839beafe1fd8a65ab03d873 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Paul <mail@polarhive.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 12:43:20 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 09/18] bench

---
 .github/workflows/bench.yml | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench.yml b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
index c6c3e2a..f9dac86 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
@@ -17,29 +17,29 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       # System Dependencies
-      - name: Dependencies Install Hyperfine
+      - name: Dependencies/Hyperfine
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install -y hyperfine
 
       # Tool Setup
-      - name: Tools Setup Hugo
+      - name: Tools/Hugo
         uses: peaceiris/actions-hugo@v3
         with:
           hugo-version: 'latest'
 
-      - name: Tools Install Go
+      - name: Tools/Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version-file: "go.mod"
 
-      - name: Tools Install Rust
+      - name: Tools/Rust
         uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1.0.6
         with:
           profile: minimal
           toolchain: stable
 
       # Caching
-      - name: Cache Rust Builds
+      - name: Cache Repos
         uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: tmp/bench

From 3727e23d0da724b113ad8aa5eba2b9b279ef4e74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Paul <mail@polarhive.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 12:47:02 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 10/18] benchh

---
 test/bench.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/test/bench.sh b/test/bench.sh
index aeff06a..c85b544 100755
--- a/test/bench.sh
+++ b/test/bench.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ clone_or_pull https://github.com/anna-ssg/anna $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna
 clone_or_pull https://github.com/anirudhRowjee/saaru $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/saaru
 clone_or_pull https://github.com/NavinShrinivas/sapling $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/sapling
 
-cp $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna/site/content/posts/bench.md $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/test.md
+cp $BASE_DIR/site/content/posts/bench.md $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/test.md
 
 echo ""
 echo "build SSGs"

From 5d99be141451b77b6f916bccb5d928367f5e48fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Paul <mail@polarhive.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 12:50:20 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 11/18] ok

---
 test/bench.sh | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/test/bench.sh b/test/bench.sh
index c85b544..6962ef4 100755
--- a/test/bench.sh
+++ b/test/bench.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ clone_or_pull https://github.com/anna-ssg/anna $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna
 clone_or_pull https://github.com/anirudhRowjee/saaru $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/saaru
 clone_or_pull https://github.com/NavinShrinivas/sapling $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/sapling
 
+# show commit hashes
+echo ""
+echo "Commit hashes:"
+echo "anna: $(cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna && git rev-parse HEAD)"
+echo "saaru: $(cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/saaru && git rev-parse HEAD)"
+echo "sapling: $(cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/sapling && git rev-parse HEAD)"
+echo ""
+
 cp $BASE_DIR/site/content/posts/bench.md $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/test.md
 
 echo ""
@@ -46,8 +54,12 @@ cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/sapling && cargo build --release && mv target/release/sap
 cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/saaru && cargo build --release && mv target/release/saaru .
 
 ## setup hugo
-hugo new site $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/hugo; cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/hugo
-hugo new theme mytheme; echo "theme = 'mytheme'" >> hugo.toml; cd ../..
+rm -rf $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/hugo
+hugo new site $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/hugo
+cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/hugo
+hugo new theme mytheme
+echo "theme = 'mytheme'" >> hugo.toml
+cd ../..
 
 # clean content/* dirs
 rm -rf $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna/site/content/posts/*

From 3faab732837c4748184eb6ebd094022165cddc72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Paul <mail@polarhive.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 12:56:18 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 12/18] fine

---
 .github/workflows/bench.yml | 17 ++++++++++++++---
 test/bench.sh               | 18 +++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench.yml b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
index f9dac86..33d9ab1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
@@ -39,11 +39,17 @@ jobs:
           toolchain: stable
 
       # Caching
-      - name: Cache Repos
+      - name: Cache Build Artifacts
         uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
-          path: tmp/bench
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-bench
+          path: |
+            tmp/bench/anna/anna
+            tmp/bench/anna/anna_greentea
+            tmp/bench/saaru/target
+            tmp/bench/saaru/saaru
+            tmp/bench/sapling/target
+            tmp/bench/sapling/sapling
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-bench-artifacts
 
       # Execution
       - name: Execution Run Benchmark
@@ -57,6 +63,11 @@ jobs:
           sed -n '/Begin Benchmark/,/End Benchmark/{ /Begin Benchmark/d; /End Benchmark/d; p; }' full_output.txt > bench_results.txt
           echo "## Benchmark Results" > comment_body.txt
           echo "" >> comment_body.txt
+          echo "### Versions Tested" >> comment_body.txt
+          echo "- **Anna**: [\`$(cd tmp/bench/anna && git rev-parse HEAD | cut -c1-8)\`](https://github.com/anna-ssg/anna/commit/$(cd tmp/bench/anna && git rev-parse HEAD))" >> comment_body.txt
+          echo "- **Saaru**: [\`$(cd tmp/bench/saaru && git rev-parse HEAD | cut -c1-8)\`](https://github.com/anirudhRowjee/saaru/commit/$(cd tmp/bench/saaru && git rev-parse HEAD))" >> comment_body.txt
+          echo "- **Sapling**: [\`$(cd tmp/bench/sapling && git rev-parse HEAD | cut -c1-8)\`](https://github.com/NavinShrinivas/sapling/commit/$(cd tmp/bench/sapling && git rev-parse HEAD))" >> comment_body.txt
+          echo "" >> comment_body.txt
           echo "\`\`\`" >> comment_body.txt
           cat bench_results.txt >> comment_body.txt
           echo "" >> comment_body.txt
diff --git a/test/bench.sh b/test/bench.sh
index 6962ef4..1f7a29c 100755
--- a/test/bench.sh
+++ b/test/bench.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 files=1000
 warm=10
 BASE_DIR=$(pwd)
+REPO_ROOT=$(cd $BASE_DIR/.. && pwd)
 
 # deps
 if ! command -v hyperfine &>/dev/null; then
@@ -19,15 +20,14 @@ echo ""
 clone_or_pull() {
   local repo=$1
   local dir=$2
-  if [ ! -d "$dir" ]; then
-    git clone --depth=1 "$repo" "$dir"
+  if [ "$repo" = "https://github.com/anna-ssg/anna" ]; then
+    # For Anna, use current source code instead of fresh clone
+    rm -rf "$dir"
+    cp -r "$REPO_ROOT" "$dir"
   else
-    cd "$dir" && git pull --depth=1 --ff-only
-    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-      cd "$(dirname "$dir")"
-      rm -rf "$dir"
-      git clone --depth=1 "$repo" "$dir"
-    fi
+    # For others, always fresh clone
+    rm -rf "$dir"
+    git clone --depth=1 "$repo" "$dir"
   fi
 }
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ echo "saaru: $(cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/saaru && git rev-parse HEAD)"
 echo "sapling: $(cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/sapling && git rev-parse HEAD)"
 echo ""
 
-cp $BASE_DIR/site/content/posts/bench.md $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/test.md
+cp $REPO_ROOT/site/content/posts/bench.md $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/test.md
 
 echo ""
 echo "build SSGs"

From f1cb2a832c25b4c8da0f61ab071f5a9d32e709ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Paul <mail@polarhive.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 13:02:53 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 13/18] refactor: improve benchmark script and workflow for
 commit hash retrieval

---
 .github/workflows/bench.yml |  2 +-
 test/bench.sh               | 13 +++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench.yml b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
index 33d9ab1..a2208b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "## Benchmark Results" > comment_body.txt
           echo "" >> comment_body.txt
           echo "### Versions Tested" >> comment_body.txt
-          echo "- **Anna**: [\`$(cd tmp/bench/anna && git rev-parse HEAD | cut -c1-8)\`](https://github.com/anna-ssg/anna/commit/$(cd tmp/bench/anna && git rev-parse HEAD))" >> comment_body.txt
+          echo "- **Anna**: [\`${GITHUB_SHA:0:8}\`](https://github.com/anna-ssg/anna/commit/$GITHUB_SHA)" >> comment_body.txt
           echo "- **Saaru**: [\`$(cd tmp/bench/saaru && git rev-parse HEAD | cut -c1-8)\`](https://github.com/anirudhRowjee/saaru/commit/$(cd tmp/bench/saaru && git rev-parse HEAD))" >> comment_body.txt
           echo "- **Sapling**: [\`$(cd tmp/bench/sapling && git rev-parse HEAD | cut -c1-8)\`](https://github.com/NavinShrinivas/sapling/commit/$(cd tmp/bench/sapling && git rev-parse HEAD))" >> comment_body.txt
           echo "" >> comment_body.txt
diff --git a/test/bench.sh b/test/bench.sh
index 1f7a29c..b457e53 100755
--- a/test/bench.sh
+++ b/test/bench.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,16 @@
 files=1000
 warm=10
 BASE_DIR=$(pwd)
-REPO_ROOT=$(cd $BASE_DIR/.. && pwd)
+
+# Determine repo root
+if [ -d "$BASE_DIR/site" ]; then
+  REPO_ROOT=$BASE_DIR
+else
+  REPO_ROOT=$(cd $BASE_DIR/.. && pwd)
+fi
+
+# Create bench directory
+mkdir -p $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench
 
 # deps
 if ! command -v hyperfine &>/dev/null; then
@@ -38,7 +47,7 @@ clone_or_pull https://github.com/NavinShrinivas/sapling $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/sapl
 # show commit hashes
 echo ""
 echo "Commit hashes:"
-echo "anna: $(cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna && git rev-parse HEAD)"
+echo "anna: $(cd $REPO_ROOT && git rev-parse HEAD)"
 echo "saaru: $(cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/saaru && git rev-parse HEAD)"
 echo "sapling: $(cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/sapling && git rev-parse HEAD)"
 echo ""

From bcbed6248d92ca3b7fbe5809fade9fd92d2caac1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Paul <mail@polarhive.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 13:10:45 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 14/18] sha

---
 .github/workflows/bench.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench.yml b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
index a2208b2..ee4bf91 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "## Benchmark Results" > comment_body.txt
           echo "" >> comment_body.txt
           echo "### Versions Tested" >> comment_body.txt
-          echo "- **Anna**: [\`${GITHUB_SHA:0:8}\`](https://github.com/anna-ssg/anna/commit/$GITHUB_SHA)" >> comment_body.txt
+          echo "- **Anna**: [\`$(git rev-parse HEAD | cut -c1-8)\`](https://github.com/anna-ssg/anna/commit/$(git rev-parse HEAD))" >> comment_body.txt
           echo "- **Saaru**: [\`$(cd tmp/bench/saaru && git rev-parse HEAD | cut -c1-8)\`](https://github.com/anirudhRowjee/saaru/commit/$(cd tmp/bench/saaru && git rev-parse HEAD))" >> comment_body.txt
           echo "- **Sapling**: [\`$(cd tmp/bench/sapling && git rev-parse HEAD | cut -c1-8)\`](https://github.com/NavinShrinivas/sapling/commit/$(cd tmp/bench/sapling && git rev-parse HEAD))" >> comment_body.txt
           echo "" >> comment_body.txt

From 083d918f6fbbb06b65652195fe2e79fa9b779cd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Paul <mail@polarhive.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 13:15:08 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 15/18] refactor: update clone and build process for Anna SSG

---
 test/bench.sh | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/test/bench.sh b/test/bench.sh
index b457e53..f51ad8d 100755
--- a/test/bench.sh
+++ b/test/bench.sh
@@ -30,9 +30,12 @@ clone_or_pull() {
   local repo=$1
   local dir=$2
   if [ "$repo" = "https://github.com/anna-ssg/anna" ]; then
-    # For Anna, use current source code instead of fresh clone
+    # For Anna, use current source code
     rm -rf "$dir"
-    cp -r "$REPO_ROOT" "$dir"
+    mkdir -p "$dir"
+    cp -r "$REPO_ROOT/site" "$dir/"
+    cd "$REPO_ROOT" && go build -o "$dir/anna"
+    cd "$REPO_ROOT" && GOEXPERIMENT=greenteagc go build -o "$dir/anna_greentea"
   else
     # For others, always fresh clone
     rm -rf "$dir"
@@ -57,8 +60,6 @@ cp $REPO_ROOT/site/content/posts/bench.md $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/test.md
 echo ""
 echo "build SSGs"
 echo ""
-cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna && go build && cd ../..
-cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna && GOEXPERIMENT=greenteagc go build -o anna_greentea && cd ../..
 cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/sapling && cargo build --release && mv target/release/sapling .
 cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/saaru && cargo build --release && mv target/release/saaru .
 

From 9cf875f09faa65a0ec98c1cc1dbb5c1f6e3d9a91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Paul <mail@polarhive.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 14:12:55 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 16/18] try

---
 .github/workflows/bench.yml |  28 +--------
 test/bench.sh               | 113 ++++++++++++++----------------------
 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 95 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench.yml b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
index ee4bf91..f5afce1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
@@ -38,40 +38,18 @@ jobs:
           profile: minimal
           toolchain: stable
 
-      # Caching
-      - name: Cache Build Artifacts
-        uses: actions/cache@v5
-        with:
-          path: |
-            tmp/bench/anna/anna
-            tmp/bench/anna/anna_greentea
-            tmp/bench/saaru/target
-            tmp/bench/saaru/saaru
-            tmp/bench/sapling/target
-            tmp/bench/sapling/sapling
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-bench-artifacts
-
       # Execution
       - name: Execution Run Benchmark
         run: |
-          ./test/bench.sh 2>&1 | tee full_output.txt
-          exit_code=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
-          if [ $exit_code -ne 0 ]; then
-            echo "Benchmark script failed with exit code $exit_code"
-            exit $exit_code
-          fi
-          sed -n '/Begin Benchmark/,/End Benchmark/{ /Begin Benchmark/d; /End Benchmark/d; p; }' full_output.txt > bench_results.txt
+          ./test/bench.sh
           echo "## Benchmark Results" > comment_body.txt
           echo "" >> comment_body.txt
-          echo "### Versions Tested" >> comment_body.txt
-          echo "- **Anna**: [\`$(git rev-parse HEAD | cut -c1-8)\`](https://github.com/anna-ssg/anna/commit/$(git rev-parse HEAD))" >> comment_body.txt
-          echo "- **Saaru**: [\`$(cd tmp/bench/saaru && git rev-parse HEAD | cut -c1-8)\`](https://github.com/anirudhRowjee/saaru/commit/$(cd tmp/bench/saaru && git rev-parse HEAD))" >> comment_body.txt
-          echo "- **Sapling**: [\`$(cd tmp/bench/sapling && git rev-parse HEAD | cut -c1-8)\`](https://github.com/NavinShrinivas/sapling/commit/$(cd tmp/bench/sapling && git rev-parse HEAD))" >> comment_body.txt
-          echo "" >> comment_body.txt
           echo "\`\`\`" >> comment_body.txt
           cat bench_results.txt >> comment_body.txt
           echo "" >> comment_body.txt
           echo "\`\`\`" >> comment_body.txt
+          echo " ## Commit Hashes" >> comment_body.txt
+          cat commit_hashes.txt >> comment_body.txt
 
       # Results
       - name: Results Post Benchmark
diff --git a/test/bench.sh b/test/bench.sh
index f51ad8d..d7514b3 100755
--- a/test/bench.sh
+++ b/test/bench.sh
@@ -1,98 +1,71 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 files=1000
 warm=10
-BASE_DIR=$(pwd)
+REPO_ROOT=$(pwd)
+BENCH_DIR=$REPO_ROOT/tmp/bench
+rm -rf $BENCH_DIR
 
-# Determine repo root
-if [ -d "$BASE_DIR/site" ]; then
-  REPO_ROOT=$BASE_DIR
-else
-  REPO_ROOT=$(cd $BASE_DIR/.. && pwd)
-fi
-
-# Create bench directory
-mkdir -p $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench
+# build anna
+mkdir -p $BENCH_DIR/anna
+cp -r site/ $BENCH_DIR/anna/site
+go build -o $BENCH_DIR/anna/anna
+GOEXPERIMENT=greenteagc go build -o $BENCH_DIR/anna/anna_greentea
 
 # deps
 if ! command -v hyperfine &>/dev/null; then
-    echo "hyperfine is not installed. Please install hyperfine to continue."
-    exit 1
+    echo "hyperfine is not installed. Please install hyperfine to continue." && exit 1
 fi
 if ! command -v hugo &>/dev/null; then
     echo "hugo is not installed. Please install hugo to continue."
 fi
 
 # cloning candidates
-echo ""
-echo "clone SSGs"
-echo ""
-clone_or_pull() {
-  local repo=$1
-  local dir=$2
-  if [ "$repo" = "https://github.com/anna-ssg/anna" ]; then
-    # For Anna, use current source code
-    rm -rf "$dir"
-    mkdir -p "$dir"
-    cp -r "$REPO_ROOT/site" "$dir/"
-    cd "$REPO_ROOT" && go build -o "$dir/anna"
-    cd "$REPO_ROOT" && GOEXPERIMENT=greenteagc go build -o "$dir/anna_greentea"
-  else
-    # For others, always fresh clone
-    rm -rf "$dir"
-    git clone --depth=1 "$repo" "$dir"
-  fi
-}
+echo "\n clone SSGs"
 
-clone_or_pull https://github.com/anna-ssg/anna $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna
-clone_or_pull https://github.com/anirudhRowjee/saaru $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/saaru
-clone_or_pull https://github.com/NavinShrinivas/sapling $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/sapling
+# Saaru & Sapling: fresh clones
+git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/anirudhRowjee/saaru $BENCH_DIR/saaru
+git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/NavinShrinivas/sapling $BENCH_DIR/sapling
 
 # show commit hashes
-echo ""
-echo "Commit hashes:"
-echo "anna: $(cd $REPO_ROOT && git rev-parse HEAD)"
-echo "saaru: $(cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/saaru && git rev-parse HEAD)"
-echo "sapling: $(cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/sapling && git rev-parse HEAD)"
-echo ""
+echo "\n Commit hashes:"
+ANNA_HASH=$(cd $REPO_ROOT && git log --format=%h -1)
+echo "anna: [\`$ANNA_HASH\`](https://github.com/anna-ssg/anna/commit/$(cd $REPO_ROOT && git log --format=%H -1))" > $BENCH_DIR/commit_hashes.txt
+
+SAARU_HASH=$(cd $BENCH_DIR/saaru && git log --format=%h -1)
+echo "saaru: [\`$SAARU_HASH\`](https://github.com/anirudhRowjee/saaru/commit/$(cd $BENCH_DIR/saaru && git log --format=%H -1))" >> $BENCH_DIR/commit_hashes.txt
+
+SAPLING_HASH=$(cd $BENCH_DIR/sapling && git log --format=%h -1)
+echo "sapling: [\`$SAPLING_HASH\`](https://github.com/NavinShrinivas/sapling/commit/$(cd $BENCH_DIR/sapling && git log --format=%H -1))" >> $BENCH_DIR/commit_hashes.txt
 
-cp $REPO_ROOT/site/content/posts/bench.md $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/test.md
+cat $BENCH_DIR/commit_hashes.txt
 
-echo ""
-echo "build SSGs"
-echo ""
-cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/sapling && cargo build --release && mv target/release/sapling .
-cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/saaru && cargo build --release && mv target/release/saaru .
+echo "\n build SSGs"
+cargo build --release --manifest-path $BENCH_DIR/sapling/Cargo.toml
+cargo build --release --manifest-path $BENCH_DIR/saaru/Cargo.toml
 
 ## setup hugo
-rm -rf $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/hugo
-hugo new site $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/hugo
-cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/hugo
-hugo new theme mytheme
+hugo new site $BENCH_DIR/hugo; cd $BENCH_DIR/hugo; hugo new theme mytheme
 echo "theme = 'mytheme'" >> hugo.toml
-cd ../..
 
 # clean content/* dirs
-rm -rf $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna/site/content/posts/*
-rm -rf $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/saaru/docs/src/*
-rm -rf $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/sapling/benchmark/content/blog/*
-rm -rf $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/hugo/content/*
+rm -rf $BENCH_DIR/anna/site/content && mkdir -p $BENCH_DIR/anna/site/content/posts
+rm -rf $BENCH_DIR/saaru/docs/src/*
+rm -rf $BENCH_DIR/sapling/benchmark/content/blogs/*
+rm -rf $BENCH_DIR/hugo/content/*
 
-echo ""
-echo "Spawning $files different markdown files..."
+# populate with test files
+cp $REPO_ROOT/site/content/posts/bench.md $BENCH_DIR/test.md
 for ((i = 0; i < files; i++)); do
-    cp $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/test.md "$BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna/site/content/posts/test_$i.md"
-    cp $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/test.md "$BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/saaru/docs/src/test_$i.md"
-    cp $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/test.md "$BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/sapling/benchmark/content/blogs/test_$i.md"
-    cp $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/test.md "$BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/hugo/content/test_$i.md"
+    cp $BENCH_DIR/test.md "$BENCH_DIR/anna/site/content/posts/test_$i.md"
+    cp $BENCH_DIR/test.md "$BENCH_DIR/saaru/docs/src/test_$i.md"
+    cp $BENCH_DIR/test.md "$BENCH_DIR/sapling/benchmark/content/blogs/test_$i.md"
+    cp $BENCH_DIR/test.md "$BENCH_DIR/hugo/content/test_$i.md"
 done
-echo ""
 
-echo "Begin Benchmark"
-echo "running benchmark: $files md files and $warm warmup runs \n"
+echo "running benchmark: $files md files and $warm warmup runs" > $BENCH_DIR/bench_results.txt
 hyperfine -p 'sync' -w $warm \
-  "cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/saaru && ./saaru --base-path ./docs" \
-  "cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/sapling/benchmark && ./../sapling run" \
-  "cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna && ./anna_greentea" \
-  "cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/anna && ./anna" \
-  "cd $BASE_DIR/tmp/bench/hugo && hugo"
-echo "End Benchmark"
+  "cd $BENCH_DIR/saaru && ./target/release/saaru --base-path ./docs" \
+  "cd $BENCH_DIR/sapling/benchmark && ./../target/release/sapling run" \
+  "cd $BENCH_DIR/anna && ./anna_greentea" \
+  "cd $BENCH_DIR/anna && ./anna" \
+  "cd $BENCH_DIR/hugo && hugo" >> $BENCH_DIR/bench_results.txt

From c31d5b55ae293edbfe8f31aeda37a8cdbb16769d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Paul <mail@polarhive.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 14:27:57 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 17/18] refactor: enhance benchmark script for improved commit
 hash retrieval

---
 .github/workflows/bench.yml |  1 +
 test/bench.sh               | 27 ++++++++++++++++-----------
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench.yml b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
index f5afce1..f24f2cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Execution Run Benchmark
         run: |
           ./test/bench.sh
+          cd /home/runner/work/anna/anna/tmp/bench
           echo "## Benchmark Results" > comment_body.txt
           echo "" >> comment_body.txt
           echo "\`\`\`" >> comment_body.txt
diff --git a/test/bench.sh b/test/bench.sh
index d7514b3..b970d8f 100755
--- a/test/bench.sh
+++ b/test/bench.sh
@@ -20,26 +20,31 @@ if ! command -v hugo &>/dev/null; then
 fi
 
 # cloning candidates
-echo "\n clone SSGs"
+echo "clone SSGs"
 
 # Saaru & Sapling: fresh clones
 git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/anirudhRowjee/saaru $BENCH_DIR/saaru
 git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/NavinShrinivas/sapling $BENCH_DIR/sapling
 
 # show commit hashes
-echo "\n Commit hashes:"
-ANNA_HASH=$(cd $REPO_ROOT && git log --format=%h -1)
-echo "anna: [\`$ANNA_HASH\`](https://github.com/anna-ssg/anna/commit/$(cd $REPO_ROOT && git log --format=%H -1))" > $BENCH_DIR/commit_hashes.txt
-
-SAARU_HASH=$(cd $BENCH_DIR/saaru && git log --format=%h -1)
-echo "saaru: [\`$SAARU_HASH\`](https://github.com/anirudhRowjee/saaru/commit/$(cd $BENCH_DIR/saaru && git log --format=%H -1))" >> $BENCH_DIR/commit_hashes.txt
-
-SAPLING_HASH=$(cd $BENCH_DIR/sapling && git log --format=%h -1)
-echo "sapling: [\`$SAPLING_HASH\`](https://github.com/NavinShrinivas/sapling/commit/$(cd $BENCH_DIR/sapling && git log --format=%H -1))" >> $BENCH_DIR/commit_hashes.txt
+get_commit_info() {
+  local repo_dir=$1
+  local name=$2
+  local url=$3
+  INFO=$(cd $repo_dir && git log --oneline -1)
+  HASH=$(echo $INFO | cut -d' ' -f1)
+  MSG=$(echo $INFO | cut -d' ' -f2-)
+  FULL_HASH=$(cd $repo_dir && git log --format=%H -1)
+  echo "$name: [\`$HASH\`]($url/commit/$FULL_HASH) $MSG"
+}
 
+echo "commit hashes:"
+get_commit_info $REPO_ROOT "anna" "https://github.com/anna-ssg/anna" > $BENCH_DIR/commit_hashes.txt
+get_commit_info $BENCH_DIR/saaru "saaru" "https://github.com/anirudhRowjee/saaru" >> $BENCH_DIR/commit_hashes.txt
+get_commit_info $BENCH_DIR/sapling "sapling" "https://github.com/NavinShrinivas/sapling" >> $BENCH_DIR/commit_hashes.txt
 cat $BENCH_DIR/commit_hashes.txt
 
-echo "\n build SSGs"
+echo "build SSGs"
 cargo build --release --manifest-path $BENCH_DIR/sapling/Cargo.toml
 cargo build --release --manifest-path $BENCH_DIR/saaru/Cargo.toml
 

From c6aa4151e5b8f7f34579e0d832446bf07baae1a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Paul <mail@polarhive.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 14:39:59 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 18/18] final?

---
 .github/workflows/bench.yml | 18 +++++++++---------
 test/bench.sh               |  4 ++--
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench.yml b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
index f24f2cf..4d3487b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
@@ -43,20 +43,20 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ./test/bench.sh
           cd /home/runner/work/anna/anna/tmp/bench
-          echo "## Benchmark Results" > comment_body.txt
-          echo "" >> comment_body.txt
-          echo "\`\`\`" >> comment_body.txt
-          cat bench_results.txt >> comment_body.txt
-          echo "" >> comment_body.txt
-          echo "\`\`\`" >> comment_body.txt
-          echo " ## Commit Hashes" >> comment_body.txt
-          cat commit_hashes.txt >> comment_body.txt
+          echo "## Benchmark Results" > ~/comment_body.txt
+          echo "" >> ~/comment_body.txt
+          echo "\`\`\`" >> ~/comment_body.txt
+          cat bench_results.txt >> ~/comment_body.txt
+          echo "" >> ~/comment_body.txt
+          echo "\`\`\`" >> ~/comment_body.txt
+          echo " ## Commit Hashes" >> ~/comment_body.txt
+          cat commit_hashes.txt >> ~/comment_body.txt
 
       # Results
       - name: Results Post Benchmark
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
         run: |
-          gh pr comment ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --body-file comment_body.txt --create-if-none --edit-last
+          gh pr comment ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --body-file ~/comment_body.txt --create-if-none --edit-last
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
diff --git a/test/bench.sh b/test/bench.sh
index b970d8f..62818df 100755
--- a/test/bench.sh
+++ b/test/bench.sh
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ for ((i = 0; i < files; i++)); do
     cp $BENCH_DIR/test.md "$BENCH_DIR/hugo/content/test_$i.md"
 done
 
-echo "running benchmark: $files md files and $warm warmup runs" > $BENCH_DIR/bench_results.txt
+echo "running benchmark: $files md files and $warm warmup runs" | tee $BENCH_DIR/bench_results.txt
 hyperfine -p 'sync' -w $warm \
   "cd $BENCH_DIR/saaru && ./target/release/saaru --base-path ./docs" \
   "cd $BENCH_DIR/sapling/benchmark && ./../target/release/sapling run" \
   "cd $BENCH_DIR/anna && ./anna_greentea" \
   "cd $BENCH_DIR/anna && ./anna" \
-  "cd $BENCH_DIR/hugo && hugo" >> $BENCH_DIR/bench_results.txt
+  "cd $BENCH_DIR/hugo && hugo" | tee -a $BENCH_DIR/bench_results.txt