From 3c023582c23090a22202be10e18c7df57aae0fe5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Goodall <nbgoodall@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:37:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] persistant ssh

---
 deploy.go | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/deploy.go b/deploy.go
index 79caad1..2db50b6 100644
--- a/deploy.go
+++ b/deploy.go
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"crypto/sha1"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2"
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ func runDeploy() error {
 	if serverIP == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("pb.toml missing [server].ip")
 	}
+	defer closeSSHControlMaster(serverIP)
 
 	domain := cfg.Server.Domain
 	if domain == "" {
@@ -310,7 +313,8 @@ func syncLocalDirectories(server, remoteBase string, dirs []string) error {
 		}
 
 		remotePath := fmt.Sprintf("root@%s:%s/%s", server, remoteBase, dir)
-		cmd := exec.Command("rsync", "-e", "ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new", "-az", "--delete", localPath+"/", remotePath)
+		rsyncCmd := rsyncSSHCommand(server)
+		cmd := exec.Command("rsync", "-e", rsyncCmd, "-az", "--delete", localPath+"/", remotePath)
 		cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 		cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
 		if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
@@ -320,10 +324,44 @@ func syncLocalDirectories(server, remoteBase string, dirs []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func rsyncSSHCommand(server string) string {
+	args := append([]string(nil), sshSharedArgs(server)...)
+	args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("root@%s", server))
+	return fmt.Sprintf("ssh %s", strings.Join(args, " "))
+}
+
 func sshArgs(server string) []string {
+	args := append([]string(nil), sshSharedArgs(server)...)
+	return append(args, fmt.Sprintf("root@%s", server))
+}
+
+func sshSharedArgs(server string) []string {
 	return []string{
 		"-o", "BatchMode=yes",
 		"-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new",
-		fmt.Sprintf("root@%s", server),
+		"-o", "ControlMaster=auto",
+		"-o", fmt.Sprintf("ControlPath=%s", sshControlPath(server)),
+		"-o", "ControlPersist=5m",
 	}
 }
+
+func sshControlPath(server string) string {
+	sum := sha1.Sum([]byte(server))
+	return filepath.Join(sshControlDir(), fmt.Sprintf("pb-ssh-%x.sock", sum))
+}
+
+func sshControlDir() string {
+	if dir := os.Getenv("PB_SSH_CONTROL_DIR"); dir != "" {
+		return dir
+	}
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		return os.TempDir()
+	}
+	return "/tmp"
+}
+
+func closeSSHControlMaster(server string) {
+	args := append([]string(nil), sshSharedArgs(server)...)
+	args = append(args, "-O", "exit", fmt.Sprintf("root@%s", server))
+	_ = exec.Command("ssh", args...).Run()
+}