quarto_publish.yml

name: Render quarto site and publish on GitHub pages
run-name: Render quarto site and publish on GitHub pages

on:
  push:
    branches: main
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  build-deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: write
    steps:
      - name: Check out repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Ensure gh-pages branch exists
        run: |
          if ! git ls-remote --heads origin gh-pages >/dev/null 2>&1; then
            echo "gh-pages does not exist, creating from main"
            git branch gh-pages
            git push origin gh-pages
          else
            echo "gh-pages already exists, nothing to do"
          fi

      - name: Set up Quarto
        uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2

      - name: Render and publish to GitHub pages
        uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/publish@v2
        with:
          target: gh-pages
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}