@David_DuVall Fair enough, it sounds like bolt could be a little smarter about how it does things.
Here’s the documentation for various ways of creating deploys on Netlify:
https://docs.netlify.com/site-deploys/create-deploys/
Even with the most basic one, using “Drag & Drop”, it’s possible to update the site:
https://docs.netlify.com/site-deploys/create-deploys/#drag-and-drop