sample-files-publish.yml

# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions

name: Make GitHub Pages Site

# Controls when the action will run. 
on:
  # Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the main branch
  push:
    branches: [ main ]
  workflow_dispatch:

# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
jobs:
  # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
  build:
    # The type of runner that the job will run on
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
    steps:
      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

      # Runs a single command using the runners shell
      - name: Run a one-line script
        run: |
          function writePages {
            ignorefiles=( index.md README.md LICENSE )
            hasDir=$([ $(find . -type d | wc -l) -gt 1 ] && echo true || echo false)
            if [[ $hasDir == true ]]
            then
              directories=$(ls -d */)
              title=$()
              echo "" > index.md
              for one in $directories
              do
                echo "- [$one]($one)" >> index.md
              done

              find * -maxdepth 0 -type f -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d $'\0' file; do
                if ! [[ ${ignorefiles[*]} =~ "$file" ]]
                then 
                  echo "- [$file]($file)" >> index.md
                fi
              done

              for directory in $directories
              do
                cd $directory
                writePages
                cd ../
              done
            else
              echo "" > index.md
              for one in *; do
                if ! [[ ${ignorefiles[*]} =~ "$one" ]]
                then 
                  echo "- [$one]($one)" >> index.md
                fi
              done
            fi
          }

          writePages
          rsync -av --progress . public --exclude .git --exclude .github --exclude public

      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
        if: success()
        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-github-pages@v2
        with:
          target_branch: gh-pages
          build_dir: public
          fqdn: samples.oasys-software.com
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}