docs_pages.yml

name: docs_pages_workflow
 
# execute this workflow automatically when a we push to master
on:
  push:
    branches: [ main ]
 
jobs:
 
  build_docs_job:
    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 composipy
          python -m pip install -r doc_requirements.txt
          sudo apt install pandoc

      - name: make the sphinx doc
        run: |
          make -C doc clean 
          # sphinx-apidoc -f -o doc/source . -H Test -e -t doc/source/_templates
          make -C doc html


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

      - 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: ./doc/_build/html
        uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v3
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          publish_dir: ./doc/_build/html