update_gh_pages.sh

#!/bin/bash
set -e

echo "${GITHUB_REF}"
echo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}"
echo "${GITHUB_ACTOR}"

repo_uri="https://x-access-token:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git"
remote_name="origin"
main_branch="master"
target_branch="gh-pages"
tmp_build_dir="/tmp/build_dir"

cd "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"

git config --global user.name "$GITHUB_ACTOR"
git config --global user.email "${GITHUB_ACTOR}@bots.github.com"

echo "Creating a temporary directory to build"
mkdir -p "$tmp_build_dir"


echo "clone a single branch gh-pages"
git clone --quiet --branch="$target_branch" --depth=1 "$repo_uri" "$tmp_build_dir" > /dev/null 

cd "$tmp_build_dir"

echo "Copying the files to the temporary build directory"
rsync -rl --exclude .git --delete "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/" .

git restore linux-amd64/
echo $(pwd)
ls
git branch

echo "preparing to commit to gh-pages"
git add -A
git commit  -qm "Deploy ${GITHUB_REPOSITORY} to ${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}:${target_branch}"
git show --stat-count=10 HEAD

echo "Pushing to gh-pages"
git push -q "$remote_name" "$target_branch" > /dev/null 

git status

echo "Pushing to gh-pages complete"