sphinx_doc_build.yml

# Workflow for building the sphinx api documentation.
name: Build API Documentation

on:
  release:
    types:
      - published

env:
  # environment variables.
  SOURCE_BRANCH: main
  PAGES_BRANCH: gh-pages

jobs:
  docs-build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE , so your workflow can access it.
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      # Install Graphviz required for the sphinx plugin.
      - name: Set up Graphviz
        uses: ts-graphviz/setup-graphviz@v1
      # Install a version of python.
      - name: Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
        with:
          python-version: 3.9
      # Install the python dependencies required for building.
      - name: Install Dependencies
        run: |
            pip install sphinx==7.1.2
            pip install bs4
            pip install PySide2
            pip install Qt.py
            pip install autodocsumm
      # Set the local git configs.
      - name: Set Git Config
        run: |
            git config --local user.email "actions@github.com"
            git config --local user.name "Github Actions"
      # Merge the "main" branch to the "gh-pages" branch.
      - name: Update "gh-pages" branch
        run: |
            git checkout $PAGES_BRANCH
            git merge origin/$SOURCE_BRANCH
      # Build the sphinx api documentation.
      - name: Run Sphinx Build
        run: sphinx-build -b html ./docs ./api -a -E
      # Deploy the html updates to the "gh-pages" branch.
      - name: Deploy HTML
        run: |
            git ls-files --others --exclude-standard
            git add ./api
            git commit -m "github action: auto build api docs"
            git push origin $PAGES_BRANCH