main.yml

name: Render and Deploy RMarkdown Website
on:
  push:
    branches: [ main ]
  pull_request:
    branches: [ main ]
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
    steps:
      - name: Checkout Repository
        uses: actions/checkout@master
      - name: Install Package Dependencies
        run: |-
          Rscript -e "install.packages('remotes', repos = 'https://demo.rstudiopm.com/all/__linux__/bionic/latest')"
          Rscript -e "remotes::install_deps(dependencies = TRUE, repos = 'https://demo.rstudiopm.com/all/__linux__/bionic/latest')"
      - name: Render Site
        run: |-
          Rscript -e "rmarkdown::render('thesis/myThesis_Revised.Rmd')"
          echo "::set-env name=DEPLOY_PATH::$(Rscript -e "cat(rmarkdown::site_config()[['output_dir']])")"
      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
        uses: maxheld83/ghpages@v0.2.0
        env:
          BUILD_DIR: $DEPLOY_PATH
          GH_PAT: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}
    container: rocker/verse:latest