ghaction-github-pages/README.md
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## About
A GitHub Action to deploy to GitHub Pages
![GitHub Pages](.github/ghaction-github-pages.png)
___
* [Usage](#usage)
* [Workflow](#workflow)
* [Sign commits](#sign-commits)
* [Check availability of GitHub Pages](#check-availability-of-github-pages)
* [Customizing](#customizing)
* [inputs](#inputs)
* [environment variables](#environment-variables)
* [Contributing](#contributing)
* [License](#license)
## Usage
### Workflow
Below is a simple snippet to deploy to GitHub Pages with a dummy HTML page.
A [workflow](https://github.com/crazy-max/ghaction-github-pages/actions?query=workflow%3Aci) is also available for
this repository and deploys [every day to GitHub Pages](https://crazy-max.github.io/ghaction-github-pages/).
```yaml
name: website
on: push
permissions:
contents: write
jobs:
publish:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
-
name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
name: Gen dummy page
run: |
mkdir public
cat > public/index.html <<EOL
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title>GitHub Pages deployed!</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>GitHub Pages with <strong>${{ github.sha }}</strong> commit ID has been deployed through <a href="https://github.com/marketplace/actions/github-pages">GitHub Pages action</a> successfully.</p>
</body>
</html>
EOL
-
name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
if: success()
uses: crazy-max/ghaction-github-pages@v4
with:
target_branch: gh-pages
build_dir: public
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
```
### Sign commits
You can use the [Import GPG](https://github.com/crazy-max/ghaction-import-gpg) GitHub Action along with this one to
sign commits:
```yaml
-
name: Import GPG key
uses: crazy-max/ghaction-import-gpg@v5
with:
gpg_private_key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
passphrase: ${{ secrets.PASSPHRASE }}
git_user_signingkey: true
git_commit_gpgsign: true
-
name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
if: success()
uses: crazy-max/ghaction-github-pages@v4
with:
target_branch: gh-pages
build_dir: public
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
```
### Check availability of GitHub Pages
You can use the [GitHub Status](https://github.com/crazy-max/ghaction-github-status) Action along with this one to
check availability of GitHub Pages before deploying:
```yaml
-
name: Check GitHub Pages status
uses: crazy-max/ghaction-github-status@v3
with:
pages_threshold: major_outage
-
name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
if: success()
uses: crazy-max/ghaction-github-pages@v4
with:
target_branch: gh-pages
build_dir: public
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
```
## Customizing
### inputs
Following inputs can be used as `step.with` keys
| Name | Type | Description |
|----------------------|--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `domain` | String | Git domain (default `github.com`) |
| `repo` | String | GitHub repository where assets will be deployed (default `$GITHUB_REPOSITORY`) |
| `target_branch` | String | Git branch where assets will be deployed (default `gh-pages`) |
| `keep_history` | Bool | Create incremental commit instead of doing push force (default `false`) |
| `allow_empty_commit` | Bool | Allow an empty commit to be created (default `true`) |
| `build_dir` | String | Build directory to deploy (**required**) |
| `absolute_build_dir` | Bool | Whether to treat `build_dir` as an absolute path (defaults to `false`, making it relative to the working directory) |
| `follow_symlinks` | Bool | If enabled, the content of symbolic links will be copied (default `false`) |
| `committer` | String | Committer name and email address as `Display Name <joe@foo.bar>` (defaults to the GitHub Actions bot user) |
| `author` | String | Author name and email address as `Display Name <joe@foo.bar>` (defaults to the GitHub Actions bot user) |
| `commit_message` | String | Commit message (default `Deploy to GitHub pages`) |
| `fqdn` | String | Write the given domain name to the CNAME file |
| `jekyll` | Bool | Allow Jekyll to build your site (default `true`) |
| `dry_run` | Bool | If enabled, nothing will be pushed (default `false`) |
| `verbose` | Bool | Enable verbose output (default `false`) |
### environment variables
Following environment variables can be used as `step.env` keys
| Name | Description |
|----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `GITHUB_TOKEN` | [GITHUB_TOKEN](https://help.github.com/en/actions/configuring-and-managing-workflows/authenticating-with-the-github_token) as provided by `secrets` |
| `GH_PAT` | Use a [Personal Access Token](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line/) if you want to deploy to another repo |
## Contributing
Want to contribute? Awesome! The most basic way to show your support is to star
the project, or to raise issues. You can also support this project by [**becoming a sponsor on GitHub**](https://github.com/sponsors/crazy-max)
or by making a [PayPal donation](https://www.paypal.me/crazyws) to ensure this
journey continues indefinitely!
Thanks again for your support, it is much appreciated! :pray:
## License
MIT. See `LICENSE` for more details.