diff --git a/func/common/.imports.sh.swp b/func/common/.imports.sh.swp
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index d2de4b4..0000000
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diff --git a/sync/common b/sync/common
index e4b0dc5..e909ecd 100644
--- a/sync/common
+++ b/sync/common
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ function rsync_delete_prod() {
   sudo -l && rsync -vrlptDSH --chown=10004:10005 --progress --human-readable --delete "${REV}/" "${TARGET}"
 }
 
+function perform_hardlink() {
+  TARGET="${1}"
+  hardlink -x '.*\.xml.*' "${TARGET}"
+}
+
 export -f parallel_rsync_no_delete_staging
 export -f parallel_rsync_no_delete_prod
 export -f parallel_rsync_delete_staging
@@ -122,3 +127,4 @@ export -f rsync_no_delete_staging
 export -f rsync_no_delete_prod
 export -f rsync_delete_staging
 export -f rsync_delete_prod
+export -f perform_hardlink
diff --git a/sync/common_9 b/sync/common_9
index 1557053..0439448 100644
--- a/sync/common_9
+++ b/sync/common_9
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 case "${RLREL}" in
   stable)
     REVISION=9.2
-    APPEND_TO_DIR="-RC4"
+    APPEND_TO_DIR="-RC1"
     ;;
   beta)
     REVISION=9.3
diff --git a/sync/sync-to-prod.delete.sh b/sync/sync-to-prod.delete.sh
index 9058255..1268c7a 100644
--- a/sync/sync-to-prod.delete.sh
+++ b/sync/sync-to-prod.delete.sh
@@ -17,30 +17,7 @@ ret_val=$?
 if [ $ret_val -eq "0" ]; then
   TARGET="${PRODUCTION_ROOT}/${CATEGORY_STUB}/${REV:0:3}"
   mkdir -p "${TARGET}"
-  # disabling because none of our files should be starting with dashes. If they
-  # are something is *seriously* wrong here.
-  # shellcheck disable=SC2035
-  sudo -l && find ./ -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec find {}/ -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d \;|sed 's/^..//g' | parallel --will-cite -j 18 sudo rsync -av --chown=10004:10005 --progress --relative --human-readable --delete \
-      {} "${TARGET}"
-  # shellcheck disable=SC2035
-  sudo -l && find ** -maxdepth 0 -type l | parallel --will-cite -j 18 sudo rsync -av --chown=10004:10005 --progress --relative --human-readable \
-      {} "${TARGET}"
-
-  # Temporary until empanadas has this support
-  if [ -f "COMPOSE_ID" ]; then
-    cp COMPOSE_ID "${TARGET}"
-    chown 10004:10005 "${TARGET}/COMPOSE_ID"
-  fi
-
-  if [ -d "metadata" ]; then
-    rsync -av --chown=10004:10005 --progress --relative --human-readable metadata "${TARGET}"
-  fi
-
-  # Full file list update for production root
-  cd "${PRODUCTION_ROOT}/${CATEGORY_STUB}/" || { echo "Failed to change directory"; exit 1; }
-  ## Hardlink everything except xml files
-  echo "Hard linking"
-  hardlink -x '.*\.xml.*' "${REVISION}"
+  rsync_delete_prod "${REV}" "${TARGET}"
   echo "Syncing to prod completed. Please run the file list script."
 fi
 
diff --git a/sync/sync-to-prod.sh b/sync/sync-to-prod.sh
index da92f66..2faa360 100644
--- a/sync/sync-to-prod.sh
+++ b/sync/sync-to-prod.sh
@@ -17,49 +17,7 @@ ret_val=$?
 if [ $ret_val -eq "0" ]; then
   TARGET="${PRODUCTION_ROOT}/${CATEGORY_STUB}/${REV:0:3}"
   mkdir -p "${TARGET}"
-  # disabling because none of our files should be starting with dashes. If they
-  # are something is *seriously* wrong here.
-  # shellcheck disable=SC2035
-  sudo -l && find ./ -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec find {}/ -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d \;|sed 's/^..//g' | parallel --will-cite -j 18 sudo rsync -av --chown=10004:10005 --progress --relative --human-readable \
-      {} "${TARGET}"
-  # shellcheck disable=SC2035
-  sudo -l && find ** -maxdepth 0 -type l | parallel --will-cite -j 18 sudo rsync -av --chown=10004:10005 --progress --relative --human-readable \
-      {} "${TARGET}"
-
-  # Temporary until empanadas has this support
-  if [ -f "COMPOSE_ID" ]; then
-    cp COMPOSE_ID "${TARGET}"
-    chown 10004:10005 "${TARGET}/COMPOSE_ID"
-  fi
-
-  if [ -d "metadata" ]; then
-    rsync -av --chown=10004:10005 --progress --relative --human-readable metadata "${TARGET}"
-  fi
-
-  # Full file list update for production root
-  #cd "${PRODUCTION_ROOT}/" || echo { echo "Failed to change directory"; exit 1; }
-  #find . > fullfilelist
-  #if [[ -f /usr/local/bin/create-filelist ]]; then
-  #  # We're already here, but Justin Case wanted this
-  #  cd "${PRODUCTION_ROOT}/" || { echo "Failed to change directory"; exit 1; }
-  #  /bin/cp fullfiletimelist-rocky fullfiletimelist-rocky-old
-  #  /usr/local/bin/create-filelist > fullfiletimelist-rocky
-  #  cp fullfiletimelist-rocky fullfiletimelist
-  #fi
-  ## Full file list update for rocky linux itself
-  cd "${PRODUCTION_ROOT}/${CATEGORY_STUB}/" || { echo "Failed to change directory"; exit 1; }
-  ## Hardlink everything except xml files
-  echo "Hard linking"
-  hardlink -x '.*\.xml.*' "${REVISION}"
-  #find . > fullfilelist
-  #if [[ -f /usr/local/bin/create-filelist ]]; then
-  #  # We're already here, but Justin Case wanted this
-  #  cd "${PRODUCTION_ROOT}/${CATEGORY_STUB}/" || { echo "Failed to change directory"; exit 1; }
-  #  /bin/cp fullfiletimelist-rocky fullfiletimelist-rocky-old
-  #  /usr/local/bin/create-filelist > fullfiletimelist-rocky
-  #  cp fullfiletimelist-rocky fullfiletimelist
-  #fi
-  #chown 10004:10005 fullfilelist fullfiletimelist-rocky fullfiletimelist
+  rsync_no_delete_prod "${REV}" "${TARGET}"
   echo "Syncing to prod completed. Please run the file list script."
 fi
 
diff --git a/sync/sync-to-staging.delete.sh b/sync/sync-to-staging.delete.sh
index 902c91a..857317c 100644
--- a/sync/sync-to-staging.delete.sh
+++ b/sync/sync-to-staging.delete.sh
@@ -22,19 +22,7 @@ ret_val=$?
 if [ $ret_val -eq "0" ]; then
   TARGET="${STAGING_ROOT}/${CATEGORY_STUB}/${REV}"
   mkdir -p "${TARGET}"
-  # disabling because none of our files should be starting with dashes. If they
-  # are something is *seriously* wrong here.
-  #sudo -l && find **/* -maxdepth 0 -type d | parallel --will-cite -j 18 sudo rsync -av --chown=10004:10005 --progress --relative --human-readable --delete \
-  #    {} "${TARGET}"
-
-  # This is temporary until we implement rsync into empanadas
-  #if [ -f "COMPOSE_ID" ]; then
-  #  cp COMPOSE_ID "${TARGET}"
-  #  chown 10004:10005 "${TARGET}/COMPOSE_ID"
-  #fi
-
-  #if [ -d "metadata" ]; then
-  #  rsync -av --chown=10004:10005 --progress --relative --human-readable metadata "${TARGET}"
-  #fi
+  echo "Hardlinking compose directory before syncing"
+  perform_hardlink "compose"
   rsync_delete_staging "${TARGET}"
 fi
diff --git a/sync/sync-to-staging.sh b/sync/sync-to-staging.sh
index 2775835..8ecadc5 100644
--- a/sync/sync-to-staging.sh
+++ b/sync/sync-to-staging.sh
@@ -23,20 +23,6 @@ if [ $ret_val -eq "0" ]; then
   TARGET="${STAGING_ROOT}/${CATEGORY_STUB}/${REV}"
   mkdir -p "${TARGET}"
   rsync_no_delete_staging "${TARGET}"
-  # disabling because none of our files should be starting with dashes. If they
-  # are something is *seriously* wrong here.
-  #sudo -l && find **/* -maxdepth 0 -type d | parallel --will-cite -j 18 sudo rsync -av --chown=10004:10005 --progress --relative --human-readable \
-  #    {} "${TARGET}"
-
-  # This is temporary until we implement rsync into empanadas
-  #if [[ "${COMPOSE}" == "Rocky" ]]; then
-  #  if [ -f "COMPOSE_ID" ]; then
-  #    cp COMPOSE_ID "${TARGET}"
-  #    chown 10004:10005 "${TARGET}/COMPOSE_ID"
-  #  fi
-
-#    if [ -d "metadata" ]; then
-#      rsync -av --chown=10004:10005 --progress --relative --human-readable metadata "${TARGET}"
-#    fi
-#  fi
+  echo "Hardlinking staging directory"
+  perform_hardlink "${TARGET}"
 fi