Revert "Merge pull request #43 from Ensembl/jalvarez/fix_docs_deploy"

This reverts commit b7442c7, reversing
changes made to 531524f.

Author: JAlvarezJarreta

.github/workflows/docs.yml

@@ -46,22 +46,20 @@ jobs:
       - name: Generate coverage report
         run: make coverage
 
+      - name: Build docs
+        run: make docs
+
       - name: Checkout gh-pages
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: gh-pages
           path: gh-pages
 
-      - name: Generate switcher.json
+      - name: Update switcher.json
         run: |
-          mkdir -p docs/_static
           python docs/_scripts/update_switcher.py \
             --version "${{ inputs.tag }}" \
             --switcher "gh-pages/latest/_static/switcher.json"
-          cp gh-pages/latest/_static/switcher.json docs/_static/switcher.json
-
-      - name: Build docs
-        run: make docs
 
       - name: Deploy versioned docs
         uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v4
@@ -78,3 +76,16 @@ jobs:
           publish_dir: docs/_build/html
           destination_dir: latest
           keep_files: true
+
+      - name: Commit updated switcher.json
+        run: |
+          cd gh-pages
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git add latest/_static/switcher.json
+          if git diff --staged --quiet; then
+            echo "No changes to switcher.json, skipping commit"
+          else
+            git commit -m "Update switcher.json for ${{ inputs.tag }}"
+            git push
+          fi

docs/_static/switcher.json

@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 [
+  {
+    "name": "v0.9.0 (latest)",
+    "version": "v0.9.0",
+    "url": "https://ensembl.github.io/ensembl-utils/v0.9.0/"
+  }
 ]

docs/conf.py

@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@
 # Define the version and json_url for the version switcher
 release = ensembl.utils.__version__
 version_match = f"v{release}"
-json_url = "_static/switcher.json"
+if os.environ.get("READTHEDOCS") or os.environ.get("CI"):
+    json_url = "https://ensembl.github.io/ensembl-utils/latest/_static/switcher.json"
+else:
+    json_url = "_static/switcher.json"
 
 html_theme_options = {
     "header_links_before_dropdown": 4,