GitHub Action for making and deploying Doxygen documentation to a GitHub pages branch
To deploy docs on every push to the main branch, create a new file in the .github/workflows/ directory called doxygen-gh-pages.yml with the following contents:
name: Doxygen GitHub Pages Deploy Action
on:
push:
branches:
- main
jobs:
deploy:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: JustEnoughMod/[email protected]
with:
github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}github_token(required): GitHub token for pushing to repo. See the docs for more info.branch(optional): Branch to deploy to. Defaults togh-pages.folder(optional): Folder where the docs are built. Defaults todocs/html.config_file(optional): Path of the Doxygen configuration file. Defaults toDoxyfile.target_folder(optional): Directory within the deployment branch to push to. Defaults to empty (root).
Here is an example of a .github/workflows/doxygen-gh-pages.yml file with more advanced configuration:
name: Doxygen GitHub Pages Deploy Action
on:
push:
branches:
- main
workflow_dispatch:
jobs:
deploy:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: JustEnoughMod/[email protected]
with:
github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
branch: gh-pages
folder: docs/html
config_file: DoxyfileThis action is a composite action containing the following steps:
The actions/checkout step is used to checkout the repository with any submodules.
Doxygen and Graphviz are installed by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install doxygen graphviz -yDoxygen documentation is generated by running the following command.
Set the config_file input option to change Doxyfile to a different filename.
doxygen DoxyfileCreating a .nojekyll file ensures pages with underscores work on GitHub Pages.
Set the folder input option to change docs/html to a different folder.
touch docs/html/.nojekyllThe JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action action is used to deploy the documentation to GitHub Pages.
The folder option determines which folder to deploy. By default, it is docs/html.
The branch option determines which branch to deploy to. By default, it is gh-pages.
The target_folder option determines which directory in the deployment branch to push to. By default, the root of the branch is overwritten.
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