test_build.yml

name: test compile document

# Controls when the action will run, running on an open pull request 
on: pull_request

# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
jobs:
  # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
  build:
    # The type of runner that the job will run on
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
    steps:
      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
      - name: Check out repo
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      
      - name: Set up Quarto
        uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
        with:
          # To install LaTeX to build PDF book 
          tinytex: true 
          # uncomment below and fill to pin a version
          # version: 0.9.600
      - run: |
          mkdir build
          quarto render index.qmd --output-dir build