Build and deploy Jigsaw site with Github Actions

I built this very site about 2 years ago. From that moment till today, I used to run a small shell script locally to deploy it to GitHub pages. Here's what I used to do-

#!/usr/local/bin/zsh

npm run prod
./vendor/bin/jigsaw build production
git add build_production
git commit -m "Build for deploy"
git subtree push --prefix build_production origin master

I was building the assets first, then build the site locally for production in the build_production folder. I run this website in a custom domain, so I used to have a CNAME file in the root of /source directory.

Couple of month ago, GitHub launched it's CI/CD platform named GitHub Actions. Today, I had some time to kill, so I thought why not give it a try. So, here's what I did-

name: Build & Publish

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - develop
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 2 * * 1-5"

jobs:
  build-site:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: Install Composer Dependencies
      run: composer install --no-ansi --no-interaction --no-scripts --no-suggest --no-progress --prefer-dist
    - name: Install NPM Dependencies
      run: npm install
    - name: Build assets
      run: npm run production
    - name: Build Jigsaw site
      run: ./vendor/bin/jigsaw build production
    - name: Create CNAME File
      run: echo "milon.im" >> build_production/CNAME
    - name: Stage Files
      run: git add -f build_production
    - name: Commit files
      run: |
        git config --local user.email "[email protected]"
        git config --local user.name "GitHub Actions"
        git commit -m "Build for deploy"
    - name: Publish
      run: |
        git subtree split --prefix build_production -b master
        git push -f origin master:master
        git branch -D master

I create a file named build-publish.yml in .github/workflows folder. Then still the build script from James Brooks' site and modify a little bit. After that it just works. Kudos to James. The process is basically the same, install composer dependencies, install npm dependencies, run npm build for production, run jigsaw build for production and then move the build_production folder to master branch.

So, I no longer have to build it locally and I don't need to think about CNAME.

Chao!

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