github_build.yml

# The website deployment is handled on the Netlify side. 
# This workflow is just to make the latest website build easily viewable on GitHub. 
name: GitHub Build
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    branches: 
      - main
  push:
    branches: 
      - main
jobs:
  main-build-deploy:
    name: Push Build to Branch `main-build`
    if: |
      (github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref_name == 'main')
      || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.ref_name == 'main')
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: write
    steps:
      - name: Check out repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: Set up Quarto
        uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
      - name: Render Quarto Project
        uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/render@v2
      - name: Push to Branch `main-build`
        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@4.1.7
        with:
          folder: _site       # Source files to build. 
          branch: main-build  # The branch the action should deploy to.
        timeout-minutes: 1