CI deploy without sudo: tar over ssh when rsync missing

Remove apt/sudo install step (act runners lack sudo). Use rsync when
available; otherwise clear remote web root and stream dist/ via tar|ssh.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

scripts/deploy-talkpro.sh

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Build Astro dist/ and rsync to the Talk Pro marketing host (talkpro.info).
+# Build Astro dist/ and sync to the Talk Pro marketing host (talkpro.info).
 # Used by Gitea Actions and for manual deploys from this repo.
 #
 # Required (CI): TALKPRO_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY — PEM contents (Gitea secret)
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ chmod 600 "$KEY_FILE"
 
 SSH_OPTS=(-i "$KEY_FILE" -o BatchMode=yes -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new)
 RSYNC_SSH="ssh -i \"$KEY_FILE\" -o BatchMode=yes -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new"
+REMOTE="${USER}@${HOST}"
 
 if [[ -f package-lock.json ]]; then
   npm ci
@@ -51,13 +52,20 @@ fi
 npm run build
 
 command -v ssh >/dev/null || { echo "ERROR: ssh not found (install openssh-client)" >&2; exit 127; }
-command -v rsync >/dev/null || { echo "ERROR: rsync not found (CI: apt-get install rsync)" >&2; exit 127; }
 
-ssh "${SSH_OPTS[@]}" "${USER}@${HOST}" "mkdir -p ${REMOTE_ROOT}"
+ssh "${SSH_OPTS[@]}" "$REMOTE" "mkdir -p ${REMOTE_ROOT}"
 
-rsync -avz --delete \
-  -e "$RSYNC_SSH" \
-  dist/ \
-  "${USER}@${HOST}:${REMOTE_ROOT}/"
+if command -v rsync >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "Uploading with rsync..."
+  rsync -avz --delete \
+    -e "$RSYNC_SSH" \
+    dist/ \
+    "${REMOTE}:${REMOTE_ROOT}/"
+else
+  command -v tar >/dev/null || { echo "ERROR: need rsync or tar on the runner" >&2; exit 127; }
+  echo "Uploading with tar over ssh (rsync not available on runner)..."
+  ssh "${SSH_OPTS[@]}" "$REMOTE" "mkdir -p ${REMOTE_ROOT} && rm -rf ${REMOTE_ROOT:?}/*"
+  tar -C dist -cf - . | ssh "${SSH_OPTS[@]}" "$REMOTE" "tar -C ${REMOTE_ROOT} -xf -"
+fi
 
-echo "Deployed dist/ → ${USER}@${HOST}:${REMOTE_ROOT}/"
+echo "Deployed dist/ → ${REMOTE}:${REMOTE_ROOT}/"