build_and_deploy_docs.yml

name: "Build & Deploy Documentation"
on: 
  push:
     branches:
       - main
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  docs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
    - name: directly build sphinx
      run: |
        pip install .
        pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
        sphinx-build docs/source ./docs/_build/html
    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
      with:
        name: DocumentationHTML
        path: docs/_build/html
    - name: Commit documentation changes
      run: |
        git clone https://github.com/BCCDC-PHL/auto-ncov.git --branch gh-pages --single-branch gh-pages
        cp -r docs/_build/html/* gh-pages/
        cd gh-pages
        touch .nojekyll
        git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
        git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
        git add .
        git commit -m "Update documentation" -a || true
        # The above command will fail if no changes were present, so we ignore
        # that.
    - name: Push changes
      uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
      with:
        branch: gh-pages
        directory: gh-pages
        github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}