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1:53:20 AM: Binary found at /opt/build/repo/node_modules/node-sass/vendor/linux-x64-72/binding.node
1:53:20 AM: Testing binary
1:53:20 AM: Binary is fine
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1:53:36 AM: Time: 9532ms
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1:53:39 AM: Build script success
1:53:39 AM: Deploy directory 'public' does not exist
1:53:39 AM: Failing build: Failed to build site
1:53:39 AM: Failed during stage 'building site': Deploy directory 'public' does not exist
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basically it was unable to find the directory... i am not getting that