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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# script to deploy the APEX domain to Cloudflare with CNAME flattening
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-ZONE_ID="${CF_ZONE_ID:?}"
-TOKEN="${CF_API_TOKEN:?}"
-TARGET="website-e7n.pages.dev"
-
-EXISTING=$(curl -s \
-  "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/${ZONE_ID}/dns_records?type=CNAME&name=@" \
-  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
-  | jq -r '.result[0] // empty')
-
-EXISTING_CONTENT=$(echo "$EXISTING" | jq -r '.content // empty')
-EXISTING_ID=$(echo "$EXISTING" | jq -r '.id // empty')
-
-if [[ "$EXISTING_CONTENT" == "$TARGET" ]]; then
-  echo "Apex CNAME unchanged, skipping."
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-if [[ -z "$EXISTING_ID" ]]; then
-  echo "No apex CNAME found, creating..."
-  METHOD="POST"
-  URL="https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/${ZONE_ID}/dns_records"
-else
-  echo "Apex CNAME changed ($EXISTING_CONTENT → $TARGET), updating..."
-  METHOD="PUT"
-  URL="https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/${ZONE_ID}/dns_records/${EXISTING_ID}"
-fi
-
-curl -s -X "$METHOD" "$URL" \
-  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
-  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-  --data "{
-    \"type\": \"CNAME\",
-    \"name\": \"@\",
-    \"content\": \"${TARGET}\",
-    \"proxied\": true
-  }" | jq -e '.success'
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