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GitHub Action to deploy to GitHub Pages
https://github.com/crazy-max/ghaction-github-pages

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GitHub Action to deploy to GitHub Pages

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[![GitHub release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/crazy-max/ghaction-github-pages.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/crazy-max/ghaction-github-pages/releases/latest)
[![GitHub marketplace](https://img.shields.io/badge/marketplace-github--pages-blue?logo=github&style=flat-square)](https://github.com/marketplace/actions/github-pages)
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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@v4
-
name: Gen dummy page
run: |
mkdir public
cat > public/index.html <


GitHub Pages deployed!


GitHub Pages with ${{ github.sha }} commit ID has been deployed through GitHub Pages action successfully.




EOL
-
name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
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)
action along with this one to sign commits:

```yaml
-
name: Import GPG key
uses: crazy-max/ghaction-import-gpg@v6
with:
gpg_private_key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
passphrase: ${{ secrets.PASSPHRASE }}
git_user_signingkey: true
git_commit_gpgsign: true
-
name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
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 the 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
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 ` (defaults to the GitHub Actions bot user) |
| `author` | String | Author name and email address as `Display Name ` (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.