.github/workflows/pages.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-env: &anchor
-    ANCHOR: this is my anchor
-
-
 name: CI
 on:
   push:
@@ -12,10 +8,56 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - env:
-      <<: *anchor
     - name: push content
-
       run: |
-        echo ${{ env.ANCHOR }}
+        REMOTE="https://${GITHUB_PAT}@github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git"
+        COMMITER_NAME="${GITHUB_ACTOR}-github-actions"
+        COMMITER_EMAIL="${GITHUB_ACTOR}-@users.noreply.github.com"
+        REMOTE_BRANCH_EXISTS=$(git ls-remote --heads ${REMOTE} ${target_branch} | wc -l)        
+        
+        mkdir /tmp/github-pages
+        cd /tmp/github-pages
+        
+        if $keep_history && [ $REMOTE_BRANCH_EXISTS -ne 0 ]
+        then
+        git clone --quiet --branch ${target_branch} --depth 1 ${REMOTE} .
+        else
+        echo remote does not exist
+        echo initialize repo
+        git init .
+        git checkout --orphan gh-pages
+        fi
+        
+        echo "<h1>hello there</h1><p>stranger</p>" > index.html
+        
+        DIRTY=$(git status --short | wc -l)
+        
+        if $keep_history &&  [ $REMOTE_BRANCH_EXISTS -ne 0 ] && [ $DIRTY = 0 ]
+        then
+        echo '⚠️ There are no changes to commit, stopping.'
+        else
+        git log
+        git config user.name ${COMMITER_NAME}
+        git config user.email ${COMMITER_EMAIL}
+        git add --all .
+        git commit -m "DIST to ${target_branch}"
+
+        echo 🏃 Deploying ${build_dir} directory to ${target_branch} branch on ${repo} repo
+        
+        if [ $keep_history == false]
+        then
+        git push --quiet ${REMOTE} ${target_branch}
+        else
+        git push --quiet --force ${REMOTE} ${target_branch}
+        fi
+        fi
+        echo 🎉 Content of ${build_dir} has been deployed to GitHub Pages.
+        
+        
+        
+        
+      env:
+        GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_PAT }}
+        target_branch: gh-pages 
+        keep_history: true