siteleaf-updater

update the index file of your project's siteleaf project with your repository's README.md file

Why it is necessary

When hosting GitHub Pages, there is a common discrepancy one faces when choosing the place to host their page files.

1. Host it on the master branch

Hosting GitHub Pages the master branch has the advantage that files can be shared with the project (including the README). However, pages usually stand alone without a dependency to or from the project's files. Hence, there might be numerous commits that cause an avoidable overhead to merges, CI, and pulls.

2. Host it on a dedicated branch

Hosting the pages on a dedicated branch (e.g., gh-pages) has the benefit that this beforementioned overhead is avoided. Separate concerns are rooted in separate trees, just as it is supposed to be. However, normally, developers only want to publish their README with a few additions. There is no integrated way or known method in GitHub to sync the README file without hooks or different workarounds. This circumstance impairs common maintenance and automation requirements.

Solution

1. Use Siteleaf, and publish or sync to a dedicated branch on GitHub.
2. Create a page and assign it a path (i.e. index by default).
3. Setup your CI to use siteleaf-updater for automated doc updates.

Parameters

Action Input	CLI Parameter	Environment Variable	Default	Description
api-key	api-key	SITELEAF_API_KEY	required	the API key that grants access to the repository's siteleaf project
api-secret	api-secret	SITELEAF_API_SECRET	required	the API secret that grants access to the repository's siteleaf project
site	site	SITELEAF_SITE	required	the id of the siteleaf site to be updated
page	page	SITELEAF_PAGE	index	the target page of the siteleaf site to be updated
file	file	SITELEAF_MD_SOURCE	README.md	the path to the local Markdown file to push
publish	publish	-	false	allows publishing the site after its update

Action Example

steps:
  - name: update site
    uses: gofunky/siteleaf-updater@v2
    with:
      api-key: ${{ secrets.SITELEAF_KEY }}
      api-secret: ${{ secrets.SITELEAF_SECRET }}
      site: 'my-site'
      page: 'contribution'
      file: 'CONTRIBUTION.md'
      publish: true