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add MkDocs docs site with GitHub Pages CI #3

add MkDocs docs site with GitHub Pages CI

add MkDocs docs site with GitHub Pages CI #3

Workflow file for this run

name: docs
# Triggers: plugin README changes, docs source changes, or manual dispatch.
# Required repo setup: Settings → Pages → Source = "GitHub Actions" (not a branch).
on:
push:
branches: [main]
paths:
- "plugins/*/README.md"
- "docs/**"
- "mkdocs.yml"
workflow_dispatch:
# Least-privilege permissions required for OIDC-based Pages deploy.
# contents:read — checkout
# pages:write — upload pages artifact
# id-token:write — request OIDC JWT for trusted deploy (no PAT needed)
permissions:
contents: read
pages: write
id-token: write
# Only one Pages deploy may run at a time.
# cancel-in-progress:false ensures an in-flight deploy is never killed mid-publish.
concurrency:
group: pages
cancel-in-progress: false
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
timeout-minutes: 10
steps:
- name: Checkout (with symlinks)
uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
# Symlinks in docs/ point to plugins/*/README.md.
# Default checkout preserves symlinks on Linux — no extra flag needed,
# but stated here explicitly so the dependency is visible.
persist-credentials: false
- name: Set up Python 3.12
uses: actions/setup-python@v5
with:
python-version: "3.12"
# Pin to exact minor so the build is reproducible across runner updates.
- name: Install MkDocs dependencies
# python -m pip ensures we use the pip that belongs to the selected Python,
# not a system pip that may point elsewhere.
run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip -r docs/requirements.txt
- name: Build docs (strict — warnings are errors)
# --strict turns every MkDocs warning into a build failure.
# Remove --strict only if a plugin emits unavoidable warnings.
run: python -m mkdocs build --strict
- name: Configure GitHub Pages
# Injects the correct base URL into the artifact so relative links work
# regardless of whether the site lives at the apex or a /repo/ sub-path.
uses: actions/configure-pages@v4
- name: Upload Pages artifact
uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
with:
# mkdocs build writes output to site/ by default (set in mkdocs.yml: site_dir).
path: site/
deploy:
needs: build
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
timeout-minutes: 5
# "github-pages" is the reserved environment name for Pages OIDC deploys.
# Must exist under Settings → Environments (created automatically by Pages setup).
environment:
name: github-pages
url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
steps:
- name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
id: deployment
uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4