docs_build_and_deploy.yml

name: Docs

# Generate the documentation on all merges to main, all pull requests, or by
# manual workflow dispatch. The build job can be used as a CI check that the
# docs still build successfully. The deploy job only runs (1) when a tag is
# pushed or (2) on manual workflow dispatch. This will move the generated html
# to the gh-pages branch (which triggers a GitHub pages deployment).
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
    tags:
      - '*'
  pull_request:
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  build_sphinx_docs:
    name: Build Sphinx Docs
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          submodules: false # Disable automatic checkout of all submodules
      - name: Fetch tags
        run: |
          git fetch --prune --prune-tags --force --depth=1 --no-recurse-submodules
      - name: Checkout public submodules # Skip aeon_experiments
        run: |
          git submodule sync
          git submodule update --init aeon_acquisition
          git submodule update --init aeon_analysis
          git submodule update --init aeon_mecha

      - name: Setup .NET
        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
        with:
          dotnet-version: 8.x

      - name: Setup DocFX
        run: dotnet tool restore
        
      - name: Setup Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: 3.11

      - name: Upgrade pip
        shell: bash
        run: |
          # install pip=>20.1 to use "pip cache dir"
          python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip

      - name: Get pip cache dir
        shell: bash
        id: pip-cache
        run: echo "dir=$(pip cache dir)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

      - name: Cache dependencies
        uses: actions/cache@v4
        with:
          path: ${{ steps.pip-cache.outputs.dir }}
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt') }}
          restore-keys: |
            ${{ runner.os }}-pip-

      - name: Install dependencies
        shell: bash
        run: python3 -m pip install -r ./requirements.txt

      - name: Check external links
        shell: bash
        run: make linkcheck

      # needs to have sphinx.ext.githubpages in conf.py extensions list
      - name: Building documentation
        shell: bash
        run: make html

      - name: Upload the content for deployment
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: docs
          path: ./docs/

  deploy_sphinx_docs:
    name: Deploy Sphinx Docs
    needs: build_sphinx_docs
    permissions:
      contents: write
    if: (github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref_type == 'tag') || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Clear previous build if present
        shell: bash
        run: rm -rf ./docs/

      - name: Download the content for deployment
        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: docs
          path: ./docs/

      - name: Deploy
        uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v4
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          publish_dir: ./docs/html/