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Deploy Versioned Javadoc (Manual Trigger) #180

Deploy Versioned Javadoc (Manual Trigger)

Deploy Versioned Javadoc (Manual Trigger) #180

Workflow file for this run

name: Deploy Versioned Javadoc (Manual Trigger)
# Select the target TAG where to run the workflow from.
# This TAG name becomes the subdirectory under branch gh-pages/docs/${TAG}
# where the javadocs will be copied to.
on:
workflow_dispatch:
inputs:
tag_ref:
description: 'Existing Git Tag to deploy (e.g., 1.0.0):'
required: true
default: '99.0.0' # unlikely to conflict if accidentally used. Can be left blank
jobs:
build-and-deploy-javadoc:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
permissions:
contents: write
steps:
- name: Checkout Code at Specified Tag
uses: actions/checkout@v5
with:
ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag_ref }} # from manual trigger input
fetch-depth: 0
- name: Set up JDK
uses: actions/setup-java@v4
with:
java-version: '25'
distribution: 'temurin'
cache: 'maven'
- name: Build and Generate Javadoc # POM is configured to output to target/site/apidocs
run: mvn javadoc:javadoc
- name: Deploy Javadoc via Worktree
env:
TAG_NAME: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag_ref }}
run: |
# 1. Initialize error tracking
EXIT_CODE=0
# 2. Configure Git Identity
git config user.email "noreply@github.com"
git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
# 3. Ensure gh-pages exists and is fetched
git fetch origin gh-pages --depth=1 || git branch gh-pages
# 4. Create worktree for the gh-pages branch in a separate folder
git worktree add ./gh-pages-dir origin/gh-pages
# 5. Deployment Logic in a subshell to capture exit code
(
set -e # Exit subshell on any internal error
TARGET_PATH="gh-pages-dir/docs/$TAG_NAME" # target directory inside the worktree
mkdir -p "$TARGET_PATH"
cp -a target/site/apidocs/. "$TARGET_PATH/"
cd gh-pages-dir
git add .
if git diff --staged --quiet; then
echo "No changes detected for Javadoc $TAG_NAME."
else
git commit -m "Manual Javadoc deployment for tag $TAG_NAME"
git push origin gh-pages
fi
) || EXIT_CODE=$?
# 6. Cleanup (Always runs)
echo "Cleaning up worktree..."
git worktree remove --force ./gh-pages-dir || true
# 7. Final exit based on subshell success
exit $EXIT_CODE
- name: Confirm Deployment
if: success()
run: echo "Javadoc for ${{ github.event.inputs.tag_ref }} is now live on gh-pages."