static.yml

# Simple workflow for deploying static content to GitHub Pages
name: Deploy static content to Pages

on:
  # Runs on pushes targeting the default branch
  push:
    branches: ["main"]

  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
  workflow_dispatch:

# Sets permissions of the GITHUB_TOKEN to allow deployment to GitHub Pages
permissions:
  contents: read
  pages: write
  id-token: write

# Allow only one concurrent deployment, skipping runs queued between the run in-progress and latest queued.
# However, do NOT cancel in-progress runs as we want to allow these production deployments to complete.
concurrency:
  group: "pages"
  cancel-in-progress: false

jobs:
  # Single deploy job since we're just deploying
  deploy:
    environment:
      name: github-pages
      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Set up Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: '14'

      - name: Install dependencies
        run: |
          cd client
          npm install

      - name: Build project
        run: |
          cd client
          npm run build

      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          # Configure git
          git config --global user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
          git config --global user.email 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
          
          # Navigate to the build output directory
          cd dist
          
          # Initialize a new Git repository in the dist directory
          git init
          
          # Add remote repository
          git remote add origin https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git
          
          # Create or switch to the gh-pages branch
          git checkout -b gh-pages
          
          # Add and commit the build files
          git add .
          git commit -m "Deploy to GitHub Pages"
          
          # Force push to the gh-pages branch
          git push --force origin gh-pages