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Deploy static website to local Git folder

Source: R/yay.gen.R
deploy_static_site.Rd

Copies the content of a specific filesystem folder to another local Git folder, then stages, commits and pushes the changes. Primarily useful to deploy a static website (typically the output of a static site generator).

Use this function with caution since by default it – except for the paths listed in never_clean – completely wipes the to_path directory!

Usage

deploy_static_site(
  from_path,
  to_path,
  clean_to_path = TRUE,
  never_clean = paths_to_keep,
  branch = NULL,
  commit_msg = "auto-deploy static website",
  quiet = FALSE
)

Arguments

from_path

Path to the directory containing the static website files that are to be deployed. A character scalar.

to_path

Path to the Git (sub)folder to which the static website files are to be deployed. A character scalar.

clean_to_path

Whether or not to wipe to_path before deploying the new website files. Setting this to TRUE ensures there are no obsolete files left over from previous deployments.

never_clean

A character vector of paths relative to to_path which are preserved when wiping to_path (i.e. clean_to_path = TRUE). By default, this includes the following files and directories:

  • "netlify.toml"

  • "robots.txt"

  • "_headers"

  • "_redirects"

  • ".gitignore"

  • ".gitmodules"

  • ".gitsigners"

  • ".htaccess"

  • ".hvm"

  • ".well-known"

branch

The name of the Git branch to which the static website files are to be committed. A character scalar or NULL. If NULL, defaults to the currently checked out branch of the repository to_path belongs to.

commit_msg

The Git commit message used for the deployment. A character scalar.

quiet

Whether or not to suppress printing status output from internal processing.

Value

A vector of paths to the deployed files/folders, invisibly.

See also

Other Git repository functions: deploy_pkgdown_site()