fix

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Build & publish docs (rc + release)
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - "rc-*"
+      - "rc*"
       - "v*"
   workflow_dispatch:
 
@@ -43,25 +43,29 @@ jobs:
 
           mkdir -p "${MKDOCS_OUTPUT_DIR}"
 
-          OFFLINE="${OFFLINE}" mkdocs build \
+          OFFLINE="${OFFLINE:-true}" mkdocs build \
             "${FLAGS[@]}" \
             -f "${MKDOCS_CONFIG}" \
-            -d "${MKDOCS_OUTPUT_DIR}"
+            -d "${MKDOCS_OUTPUT_DIR}/offline"
+            mkdocs build \
+            "${FLAGS[@]}" \
+            -f "${MKDOCS_CONFIG}" \
+            -d "${MKDOCS_OUTPUT_DIR}/dist"
 
       - name: Zip site
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           cd "${MKDOCS_OUTPUT_DIR}"
-          zip -r "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}.zip" .
+          zip -r "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}.zip" "./offline"
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: build
-      steps:
+    steps:
       # -------------------------
       # RC-only step
       # -------------------------
       - name: Publish prerelease 
-        if: startsWith(github.ref_name, 'rc-')
+        if: startsWith(github.ref_name, 'rc')
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
           prerelease: true
@@ -87,7 +91,46 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: build
     steps:
-      - name: Deploy
+      - name: Checkout (tag)
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Checkout gh-pages branch
         run: |
-          echo "TBD :)"
+          set -euo pipefail
+          git fetch origin gh-pages:gh-pages || true
+          if git show-ref --verify --quiet refs/heads/gh-pages; then
+            git switch gh-pages
+          else
+            git switch --orphan gh-pages
+            rm -rf ./*
+            git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+            git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+            git commit --allow-empty -m "Initialize gh-pages"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Publish release
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          rm -rf assets styles search *{.html,.xml,xml.gz} || true
+          cp -a "${MKDOCS_OUTPUT_DIR}/dist/." ""
+
+          git add -A
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git commit -m "Deploy release ${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" || echo "No changes to commit"
+          git push origin gh-pages
+
+      - name: Publish RC preview under /rc/<tag>/
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          rm -rf "rc"* || true
+          mkdir -p "rc/"
+          cp -a "${MKDOCS_OUTPUT_DIR}/dist/." "rc/"
+
+          git add -A
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git commit -m "Deploy RC preview ${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" || echo "No changes to commit"
+          git push origin gh-pages