diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 05d538dd..c5a2728e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,24 +63,29 @@ After making changes to the configuration files of a host, a flake app must be e
 ```command
 nix flake show
 ```
-
-notice apps prefixed with `deploy-`
+notice apps prefixed with `ssh-`, `git-push-`, and `deploy-`.
 
 ### Deploy changes to host
 
+Prerequisites:
+* all relevant changes are committed to the current branch.
+* `git push` access to holochain/holochain-infra
+* authorized key for the `deployUser` on the remote host
+
+The first command will push the current git HEAD to the `origin` git remote at a branch specific to the hostname.
+The second command will cause a `nixos-rebuild switch ...` on the host from its branch.
+
 ```command
+nix run .\#git-push-{hostname}
 nix run .#deploy-{hostname}
 ```
 
-### Deploy to all hosts
+These scripts also have arguments for rudimentary customization.
+Here, it pushes to the git remote called `upstream`, and then runs a `build` (instead of a `switch`) on the remote host:
 
 ```
-nix run .\#deploy-linux-builder-01
-nix run .\#deploy-dweb-reverse-tls-proxy
-nix run .\#deploy-macos-01
-nix run .\#deploy-macos-02
-nix run .\#deploy-macos-03
-nix run .\#deploy-macos-04
+nix run .\#git-push-sbd-0_main_infra_holo_host upstream
+nix run .\#deploy-sbd-0_main_infra_holo_host build
 ```
 
 ### Update dependencies (nixpkgs version)
diff --git a/modules/flake-parts/apps.deploy-/darwin.nix b/modules/flake-parts/apps.deploy-/darwin.nix
index 85d6964d..820d7d66 100644
--- a/modules/flake-parts/apps.deploy-/darwin.nix
+++ b/modules/flake-parts/apps.deploy-/darwin.nix
@@ -18,17 +18,17 @@
         ])}:$PATH"
         set -x
 
-        rsync -r --delete ${self}/ ${deployUser}@${hostName}:/private/tmp/deploy-flake
+        flake_base=github:holochain/holochain-infra/deploy/${attrName}
 
         ssh ${deployUser}@${hostName} /nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin/nix \
           --extra-experimental-features '"flakes nix-command"' \
-          build \
+          build --refresh \
             -o /private/tmp/next-system \
-            /private/tmp/deploy-flake#darwinConfigurations.'"${attrName}"'.system
+            $flake_base#darwinConfigurations.'"${attrName}"'.system
 
         ssh ${deployUser}@${hostName} /private/tmp/next-system/sw/bin/darwin-rebuild \
-          -j4 \
-          "''${1:-switch}" --flake /private/tmp/deploy-flake#'"${attrName}"'
+          -j4 --refresh \
+          "''${1:-switch}" --flake $flake_base#'"${attrName}"'
       '';
 
     mkDarwinDeployApp = attrName: config:
diff --git a/modules/flake-parts/apps.deploy-/linux.nix b/modules/flake-parts/apps.deploy-/linux.nix
index 0be94a85..d3df5eb6 100644
--- a/modules/flake-parts/apps.deploy-/linux.nix
+++ b/modules/flake-parts/apps.deploy-/linux.nix
@@ -12,16 +12,14 @@
       pkgs.writeShellScript "deploy-${hostName}" ''
         set -Eeo pipefail
         export PATH="${lib.makeBinPath (with pkgs; [
-          nix
-          rsync
+          git
+          coreutils
         ])}:$PATH"
         set -x
 
-        rsync -r --delete ${self}/ root@${hostName}:/tmp/deploy-flake
-
         ssh root@${hostName} nixos-rebuild \
           -j4 \
-          "''${1:-switch}" --flake /tmp/deploy-flake#'"${attrName}"'
+          "''${1:-switch}" --flake github:holochain/holochain-infra/deploy/${attrName}#'"${attrName}"'
       '';
 
     mkLinuxDeployApp = attrName: config:
diff --git a/modules/flake-parts/apps.git-push-/default.nix b/modules/flake-parts/apps.git-push-/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b02d568
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/flake-parts/apps.git-push-/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+  self,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}: {
+  perSystem = {pkgs, ...}: let
+    mkGitPush = {
+      attrName,
+      hostName,
+    }:
+      pkgs.writeShellScript "git-push-${hostName}" ''
+        set -Eeou pipefail
+        export PATH="${lib.makeBinPath (with pkgs; [
+          git
+        ])}:$PATH"
+        set -x
+
+        remote=''${1:-origin}
+        local_branch=''${2:-HEAD}
+        shift || :
+        shift || :
+
+        git push $remote $local_branch:refs/heads/deploy/${attrName} ''${@}
+      '';
+
+    mkGitPushApp = attrName: config:
+      lib.nameValuePair "git-push-${attrName}" {
+        type = "app";
+        program = builtins.toString (mkGitPush {
+          inherit attrName;
+          inherit (config.config) hostName;
+        });
+      };
+  in {
+    config.apps = lib.mapAttrs' mkGitPushApp (self.darwinConfigurations // self.nixosConfigurations);
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/flake-parts/darwinConfigurations.macos-01/default.nix b/modules/flake-parts/darwinConfigurations.macos-01/default.nix
index 1c5f2f9d..2c0b25be 100644
--- a/modules/flake-parts/darwinConfigurations.macos-01/default.nix
+++ b/modules/flake-parts/darwinConfigurations.macos-01/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  self,
   lib,
   inputs,
   ...
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@
 in {
   flake.darwinConfigurations.macos-01 = inputs.darwin.lib.darwinSystem {
     inherit system inputs;
+    inherit (self) specialArgs;
     modules = [
       ./configuration.nix
       ../../nixos/macos.nix
diff --git a/modules/flake-parts/darwinConfigurations.macos-02/default.nix b/modules/flake-parts/darwinConfigurations.macos-02/default.nix
index e454dcc4..112914dc 100644
--- a/modules/flake-parts/darwinConfigurations.macos-02/default.nix
+++ b/modules/flake-parts/darwinConfigurations.macos-02/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  self,
   lib,
   inputs,
   ...
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@
 in {
   flake.darwinConfigurations.macos-02 = inputs.darwin.lib.darwinSystem {
     inherit system inputs;
+    inherit (self) specialArgs;
     modules = [
       ./configuration.nix
       ../../nixos/macos.nix
diff --git a/modules/flake-parts/darwinConfigurations.macos-03/default.nix b/modules/flake-parts/darwinConfigurations.macos-03/default.nix
index 2e355d0a..6941bb05 100644
--- a/modules/flake-parts/darwinConfigurations.macos-03/default.nix
+++ b/modules/flake-parts/darwinConfigurations.macos-03/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  self,
   lib,
   inputs,
   ...
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@
 in {
   flake.darwinConfigurations.macos-03 = inputs.darwin.lib.darwinSystem {
     inherit system inputs;
+    inherit (self) specialArgs;
     modules = [
       ./configuration.nix
       ../../nixos/macos.nix
diff --git a/modules/flake-parts/darwinConfigurations.macos-04/default.nix b/modules/flake-parts/darwinConfigurations.macos-04/default.nix
index 9adde8c1..50bd9ff0 100644
--- a/modules/flake-parts/darwinConfigurations.macos-04/default.nix
+++ b/modules/flake-parts/darwinConfigurations.macos-04/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  self,
   lib,
   inputs,
   ...
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@
 in {
   flake.darwinConfigurations.macos-04 = inputs.darwin.lib.darwinSystem {
     inherit system inputs;
+    inherit (self) specialArgs;
     modules = [
       ./configuration.nix
       ../../nixos/macos.nix
diff --git a/modules/flake-parts/darwinConfigurations.macos-05/default.nix b/modules/flake-parts/darwinConfigurations.macos-05/default.nix
index 60e97fe7..bf84099f 100644
--- a/modules/flake-parts/darwinConfigurations.macos-05/default.nix
+++ b/modules/flake-parts/darwinConfigurations.macos-05/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  self,
   lib,
   inputs,
   ...
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@
 in {
   flake.darwinConfigurations.macos-05 = inputs.darwin.lib.darwinSystem {
     inherit system inputs;
+    inherit (self) specialArgs;
     modules = [
       ./configuration.nix
       ../../nixos/macos.nix
diff --git a/modules/flake-parts/darwinConfigurations.macos-06/default.nix b/modules/flake-parts/darwinConfigurations.macos-06/default.nix
index 301155d5..e5d9191f 100644
--- a/modules/flake-parts/darwinConfigurations.macos-06/default.nix
+++ b/modules/flake-parts/darwinConfigurations.macos-06/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  self,
   lib,
   inputs,
   ...
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@
 in {
   flake.darwinConfigurations.macos-06 = inputs.darwin.lib.darwinSystem {
     inherit system inputs;
+    inherit (self) specialArgs;
     modules = [
       ./configuration.nix
       ../../nixos/macos.nix
diff --git a/modules/flake-parts/speicalArgs.nix b/modules/flake-parts/specialArgs.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/flake-parts/speicalArgs.nix
rename to modules/flake-parts/specialArgs.nix
diff --git a/modules/nixos/holo-deploy.nix b/modules/nixos/holo-deploy.nix
index 1bce3c67..6166737f 100644
--- a/modules/nixos/holo-deploy.nix
+++ b/modules/nixos/holo-deploy.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-{lib, ...}: {
+{
+  self,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}: {
   options = {
     deployUser = lib.mkOption {
       type = lib.types.str;
@@ -10,4 +14,16 @@
       description = "IP addres or host name to connect to the host";
     };
   };
+
+  config = {
+    environment.etc."nix/sourceInfo.json" = {
+      enable = true;
+      text = builtins.toJSON (builtins.removeAttrs self.sourceInfo ["outPath"]);
+    };
+
+    environment.etc."nix/source" = {
+      enable = true;
+      text = self.sourceInfo.outPath;
+    };
+  };
 }