Github pages for third party hosting providers
Do you have a branch on your github repo that you want to deploy? Maybe you have a "docs" branch that you want to host for free? "deploy-branch" is a simple github action that will automatically deploy your desired branch to a hosting provider on every commit.
- Netlify
- Zeit Now (coming soon)
- Surge.sh (coming soon)
- https://app.netlify.com/user/applications/personal
- Store the generated auth token as a github secret named NETLIFY_AUTH_TOKEN
- http://github.com/_your_repo_here_
Settings tab -> Secrets -> Add new secret
In order to generate a netlify site id, we must run npx netlify-cli init --manual. Below you will find an example run, and the outputted side-id marked SITE ID. This site id will be required in the next step
npx netlify-cli init --manual
? Do you want to create a Netlify site without a git repository? Yes, create and deploy site manually
? Team: Brady Brown's team
Choose a unique site name? Site name (optional): YourSiteName
Site Created
Admin URL: https://app.netlify.com/sites/YourSiteName
URL: https://YourSiteName.netlify.com
Site ID: **SITE ID**
"YourSiteName" site was created
To deploy to this site. Run your site build and then netlify deploy
- Assuming the branch you would like to deploy is named "docs" Add the following to your .github/workflows/*.yml file
- name: Deploy docs
uses: bobrown101/[email protected]
with:
provider: NETLIFY
netlify-auth-token: ${{ secrets.NETLIFY_AUTH_TOKEN }}
netlify-site-id: <**INSERT_SITE_ID_HERE**>
branch: docs
github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
You will now see the deployment information in your action logs, as well as a comment on the individual commit with the deployment information. Note, the github-token input is only required to add the commit comment. If you do not feel comfortable handing out the github token, you can simply remove it and it will still deploy the site but will not comment the deployment information on your commit.