main.yml

name: Deploy to GitHub Pages

on:
  push:
    branches: [ main ]

jobs:
  deploy-to-github-pages:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
        
      - name: Setup .NET Core SDK
        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
        with:
          dotnet-version: 6.0.x
          
      - name: Publish .NET Core Project
        run: dotnet publish Utilities.Games/Utilities.Games.csproj -c Release -o release --nologo
        
      # changes the base-tag in index.html from '/' to 'BlazorGitHubPagesDemo' to match GitHub Pages repository subdirectory
     # - name: Change base-tag in index.html from / to Utilities.Games
     #   run: sed -i 's/<base href="\/" \/>/<base href="\/Utilities.Games\/" \/>/g' release/wwwroot/index.html
      
      # copy index.html to 404.html to serve the same file when a file is not found
      - name: copy index.html to 404.html
        run: cp release/wwwroot/index.html release/wwwroot/404.html
      
      # add .nojekyll file to tell GitHub pages to not treat this as a Jekyll project. (Allow files and folders starting with an underscore)
      - name: Add .nojekyll file
        run: touch release/wwwroot/.nojekyll
      
      - name: Commit wwwroot to GitHub Pages
        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@3.7.1
        with:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          BRANCH: gh-pages
          FOLDER: release/wwwroot