diff --git a/posts/style_a_blog.md b/posts/style_a_blog.md
index aae3629..0376dee 100644
--- a/posts/style_a_blog.md
+++ b/posts/style_a_blog.md
@@ -24,27 +24,17 @@ Basically just a golang `http.FileServer` that uses `Cache-Control: "no-cache, n
 And something to run our build when files change. In the spirit of homebrewing boring stuff - I made `~/bin/make-watch`
 
 ```bash
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-dir="$(pwd)"
-if [[ -n "$1" ]]; then
-	dir="$1"
-	shift
-fi
-
-last_run_seconds=0
-grace_seconds=1
-inotifywait -r -m -e modify -e create -e delete "$dir" --format "%e" | while read -r event; do
-	if [[ $SECONDS -gt $((last_run_seconds + grace_seconds)) ]]; then
-		# reset last_run_seconds if enough time has elapsed
-		last_run_seconds=0
-	elif [[ $last_run_seconds -gt 0 ]] && [[ $SECONDS -le $((last_run_seconds + grace_seconds)) ]]; then
-		# do not consider a make run if seconds falls between the last run and grace period
+inotifywait -r -m --exclude "${dir}/.git\/" -e modify -e create -e delete "$dir" | while read -r event; do
+	if [[ $last_run_seconds -eq 0 ]]; then
+		make "$@"
+		last_run_seconds="$SECONDS"
 		continue;
 	fi
 
-    make "$@"
-    last_run_seconds="$SECONDS"
+	if [[ $SECONDS -ge $((last_run_seconds + grace_seconds)) ]]; then
+		# reset last_run_seconds if enough time has elapsed
+		last_run_seconds=0
+	fi
 done
 ```