deploy_rmarkdown.yml

#https://orchid00.github.io/actions_sandbox/websites-using-pkgdown-bookdown-and-blogdown.html#deploy-blogdown
# To Do:
# 1. Create a personal access token (PAT) labeled `EMAIL`: https://github.com/settings/tokens; save the value in LastPass
# 2. Create a secret labeled `EMAIL` in the repo (Settings -> Security -> Secrets -> Actions), and copy the PAT for `EMAIL` into the secret labeled `EMAIL`

on:
  push:
     branches:
       - main

name: deploywebsite

jobs:
  rmarkdown:
    name: Render-Website
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
    steps:
      - name: Checkout Repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4 # update

      - name: Setup R
        uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2 # update

      - name: Session info
        run: Rscript -e 'sessionInfo()'

      - name: Setup pandoc
        uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2 # update

      - name: Install libcurl on Linux
        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
        run: sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get install -y libcurl4-openssl-dev

      - name: Install package dependencies
        uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2 # update

      - name: Render blog
        run: Rscript -e 'rmarkdown::render_site()'

      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4 # update
        with:
          name: site
          path: _site/

# Need to first create an empty gh-pages branch
# see https://pkgdown.r-lib.org/reference/deploy_site_github.html
# and also add secrets for a GH_PAT and EMAIL to the repository
# gh-action from Cecilapp/GitHub-Pages-deploy
  checkout-and-deploy:
   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
   needs: rmarkdown
   steps:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v4 # update

     - name: Download artifact
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v4 # update
       with:
         # Artifact name
         name: site # optional
         # Destination path
         path: _site # optional

     - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
       uses: Cecilapp/GitHub-Pages-deploy@v3
       env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       with:
          build_dir: _site/                     # "_site/" by default
          email: ${{ secrets.EMAIL }}  # must be a verified email