build-gh-pages-action.yml

name: Build and deploy website to github pages
 
# execute this workflow automatically when a we push to master
on:
  push:
    branches: [ master ]
 
jobs:
 
  build_docs_job:
    permissions:
      contents: write
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4

      - name: Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v2.2.1
        with:
          python-version: 3.9
 
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: |
          python -m pip install -U sphinx
          python -m pip install -r docs/manual/requirements.txt

      - name: make the sphinx docs
        run: |
          cd docs/manual
          bash gh_make.sh ../../manual
          cd ../..
          cp docs/manual/index.html manual
          rm -r docs/manual
          mv manual docs

      # - name: Init new repo in dist folder and commit generated files
      #   run: |
      #     cd _build_docs
      #     git init
      #     git add -A
      #     git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
      #     git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
      #     git commit -m 'deploy'

      - uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v3
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          publish_dir: ./docs
          force_orphan: true

      # - name: Force push to destination branch
      #   uses: ad-m/github-push-action@v0.5.0
      #   with:
      #     github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      #     branch: gh-pages
      #     force: true
      #     directory: ./_build_docs