From 3b3e8b33a318fa989317b97727e0eb2dfaaf8fc1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jorge Marques <jorge.marques@analog.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 17:34:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Check if gh-pages branch exist

If not, create it.
Suppress git rm return error.

Signed-off-by: Jorge Marques <jorge.marques@analog.com>
---
 .github/workflows/top-level.yml | 27 +++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/top-level.yml b/.github/workflows/top-level.yml
index da530f5..3167681 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/top-level.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/top-level.yml
@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-    paths:
-      - 'docs/**'
   pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - 'docs/**'
 
 jobs:
   build-doc:
@@ -47,6 +43,23 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
 
     steps:
+    - run: |
+        git config --global user.name "${{ github.event.head_commit.committer.name }}"
+        git config --global user.email "${{ github.event.head_commit.committer.email }}"
+
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Create gh-pages branch
+      run: >
+        git ls-remote --exit-code --heads origin refs/heads/gh-pages ||
+        (
+          git reset --hard ;
+          git clean -fdx ;
+          git checkout --orphan gh-pages ;
+          git reset --hard;
+          git commit -m "empty" --allow-empty ;
+          git push origin gh-pages:gh-pages
+        )
+
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         ref: 'gh-pages'
@@ -54,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Empty gh-pages
       run: |
-        git rm -r . --quiet
+        git rm -r . --quiet || true
 
     - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
@@ -72,9 +85,7 @@ jobs:
         commit=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 
         git add . >> /dev/null
-        git config --global user.name "$author"
-        git config --global user.email "$email"
-        git commit -m "deploy: $commit" --allow-empty
+        git commit -m "deploy: ${GITHUB_SHA}" --allow-empty
 
     - name: Push to gh-pages
       run: >-