diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-pages.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-pages.yml
index 4be9b2c1..df6ae3d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-pages.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ jobs:
         run: pip3 install mkdocs-material
 
       - name: copy config
-        run: cp docs/mkdocs.yml .
+        run: |
+          mv docs/.git .
+          mv docs/mkdocs.yml .
       - name: Build Jupyter Book
         run: mkdocs build --site-dir public
       
@@ -55,7 +57,6 @@ jobs:
           cd deploy
           git checkout --orphan gitea-pages
           git reset --hard
-          rm -rf ../public/.git
           cp -r ../public/* .
           git add --all
           git commit -m "Deploy site"