Build_gh-pages.yml

# Workflow derived from https://github.com/r-lib/actions/tree/v2/examples and adapted
on:
  push:
    branches: [main]

name: Build_gh-pages.yml #shown when action is run

jobs:
  pkgdown:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
   env:
      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} #to push results to gh-pages branch!
   steps: #Series of steps that is executed sequencially: https://github.com/r-lib/actions/
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4 # goes to gh-pages branch to work there

      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2 #installs pandoc

      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2 #installs R
        with:
          use-public-rspm: true

      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
        with:
          extra-packages: any::pkgdown
          needs: website

      - name: Deploy to GitHub pages 🚀
        run: |
          git config --local user.name "GitHub Actions"
          git config --local user.email "actions@github.com"
          Rscript -e 'pkgdown::deploy_to_branch(new_process = FALSE)'