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GitHub Actions for deploying to GitHub Pages
A GitHub Action to deploy your static site to GitHub Pages with Static Site Generators (Hugo, MkDocs, Gatsby, GitBook, etc.)
Table of Contents
Getting started
(1) Add ssh deploy key
Generate your deploy key with the following command.
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "$(git config user.email)" -f gh-pages -N ""
# You will get 2 files:
# gh-pages.pub (public key)
# gh-pages (private key)
Next, Go to Repository Settings
- Go to Deploy Keys and add your public key with the Allow write access
- Go to Secrets and add your private key as
ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY
(2) Create .github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
⭐ Repository type - Project
An example workflow for Hugo.
name: github pages
on:
push:
branches:
- master
jobs:
build-deploy:
runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@master
- name: Setup Hugo
uses: peaceiris/actions-hugo@v2.1.0
with:
hugo-version: '0.58.2'
- name: Build
run: hugo --gc --minify --cleanDestinationDir
- name: Deploy
uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v2.3.1
env:
ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY: ${{ secrets.ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY }}
PUBLISH_BRANCH: gh-pages
PUBLISH_DIR: ./public
The above example is for Project Pages sites. (<username>/<project_name> repository)
⭐ Repository type - User and Organization
For User and Organization Pages sites (<username>/<username>.github.io repository),
we have to set master branch to PUBLISH_BRANCH.
on:
push:
branches:
- source # default branch
PUBLISH_BRANCH: master # deploying branch
Options
⭐ Pull action image from Docker Hub
You can pull a public docker image from Docker Hub.
By pulling docker images, you can reduce the overall execution time of your workflow. In addition, latest tag is provided.
- uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v2.3.1
+ uses: docker://peaceiris/gh-pages:v2.3.1
⭐ PERSONAL_TOKEN
Generate a personal access token (repo) and add it to Secrets as PERSONAL_TOKEN, it works as well as ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY.
- ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY: ${{ secrets.ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY }}
+ PERSONAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_TOKEN }}
⭐ GITHUB_TOKEN
NOTES: This action supports
GITHUB_TOKENbut it has some problems to deploy to GitHub Pages. See #9
- ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY: ${{ secrets.ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY }}
+ GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
⭐ Suppressing empty commits
By default, a commit will always be generated and pushed to the PUBLISH_BRANCH, even if nothing changed. If you want to suppress this behavior, set the optional parameter emptyCommits to false. cf. Issue #21
For example:
- name: deploy
uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v2.3.1
env:
ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY: ${{ secrets.ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY }}
PUBLISH_BRANCH: gh-pages
PUBLISH_DIR: ./public
with:
emptyCommits: false
Tips and FAQ
How to add CNAME
Most of the Static Site Generators support CNAME as a static file.
The same may be said of other files (.nojekyll, BingSiteAuth.xml, robots.txt, etc.). It is better to manage those files by Static Site Generators.
Examples
Static Site Generators with Node.js
hexo, gitbook, vuepress, react-static, gridsome, etc.
Premise: Dependencies are managed by package.json and package-lock.json
name: github pages
on:
push:
branches:
- master
jobs:
build-deploy:
runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@master
- name: build
uses: actions/setup-node@v1
with:
node-version: '10.16'
- run: |
npm install
npm run build
- name: deploy
uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v2.3.1
env:
ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY: ${{ secrets.ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY }}
PUBLISH_BRANCH: gh-pages
PUBLISH_DIR: ./public
Gatsby
An example for Gatsby (Gatsby.js) project with gatsby-starter-blog
name: github pages
on:
push:
branches:
- master
jobs:
build-deploy:
runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@master
- name: setup node
uses: actions/setup-node@v1
with:
node-version: '10.16'
- name: install
run: npm install
- name: format
run: npm run format
- name: test
run: npm run test
- name: build
run: npm run build
- name: deploy
uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v2.3.1
env:
ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY: ${{ secrets.ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY }}
PUBLISH_BRANCH: gh-pages
PUBLISH_DIR: ./public
React and Next
An example for Next.js (React.js) project with create-next-app
name: github pages
on:
push:
branches:
- master
jobs:
build-deploy:
runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@master
- name: setup node
uses: actions/setup-node@v1
with:
node-version: '10.16'
- name: install
run: yarn install
- name: build
run: yarn build
- name: export
run: yarn export
- name: add nojekyll
run: touch ./out/.nojekyll
- name: deploy
uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v2.3.1
env:
ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY: ${{ secrets.ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY }}
PUBLISH_BRANCH: gh-pages
PUBLISH_DIR: ./out
Vue and Nuxt
An example for Nuxt.js (Vue.js) project with create-nuxt-app
name: github pages
on:
push:
branches:
- master
jobs:
build-deploy:
runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@master
- name: setup node
uses: actions/setup-node@v1
with:
node-version: '10.16'
- name: install
run: npm install
- name: test
run: npm test
- name: generate
run: npm run generate
- name: deploy
uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v2.3.1
env:
ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY: ${{ secrets.ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY }}
PUBLISH_BRANCH: gh-pages
PUBLISH_DIR: ./dist
Static Site Generators with Python
Premise: Dependencies are managed by requirements.txt
name: github pages
on:
push:
branches:
- master
jobs:
build-deploy:
runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v1
- name: Set up Python
uses: actions/setup-python@v1
with:
python-version: '3.6'
architecture: 'x64'
- name: Install dependencies
run: |
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -r ./requirements.txt
- name: Build
run: mkdocs build
- name: Deploy
uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v2.3.1
env:
ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY: ${{ secrets.ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY }}
PUBLISH_BRANCH: gh-pages
PUBLISH_DIR: ./site