x-limitless-x / jekyll-deploy-action

A Github Action to build and deploy jekyll site to Github Pages

jekyll-deploy

A Github Action to build and deploy Jekyll site to Github Pages

The Action will build a production build of your jekyll site in gh-pages branch on every push. Very helpful, when you want to use jekyll plugins which are not supported by Github Pages Yet.

Example usage

You need to set build folder as God demands, add the following in your site's _config.yml :

destination: ./build

And, put the following inside yourjekyllsite/.github/workflows/main.yml

name: Jekyll Deploy

on:
  push:
    branches: [ master ]
  pull_request:
    branches: [ master ]

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: Deploy Jekyll Site
      uses: sujaykundu777/jekyll-deploy-action@1.0.3
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}
        GITHUB_ACTOR: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_ACTOR }}