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Auto-deploying built products to gh-pages with GitHub Actions

This is a set up for projects which want to check in only their source files, but have their gh-pages branch automatically updated with some compiled output every time they push.

A file below this one contains the steps for doing this with Travis CI. However, these days I recommend GitHub Actions, for the following reasons:

It is much easier and requires less steps, because you are already authenticated with GitHub, so you don't need to share secret keys across services like you do when coordinate Travis CI and GitHub.
It is free, with no quotas.
Anecdotally, builds are much faster with GitHub Actions than with Travis CI, especially in terms of time spent waiting for a builder.

Automatically push an updated file whenever it is changed

Linux

Make sure inotify-tools is installed (https://github.com/rvoicilas/inotify-tools)
Configure git as usual
Clone the git repository of interest from github and, if necessary, add file you want to monitor
Allow username/password to be cached so you aren't asked everytime

git config credential.helper store

On Mac OS (host):

Shutdown your VM and do:

VirtualBox > Settings > Network > Add (you will get vboxnet0)

On a terminal ifconfig will show you new interface vboxnet0

VM's Settings > System > check "Enable I/O APIC." VM's Settings > Network > Adapter 2 > host-only vboxnet0

Using a Gigabyte BXBT-1900 as an HTPC

Gigabyte mini PC with Intel Baytrail J1900 Celeron.

NOTE: I do not endorse the use of this machine as an HTPC. It's way too underpowered for that. Over time, I have found that a non-mobile i5 with 4 cores is the absolute minimum hardware required for an HTPC.

4 core CPU, but weak GPU. Old tech released in 2014, optimized for Windows 8.

Known for locking up without warning. That condition supposed to have been fixed by BIOS F8 (03/02/2016).

	#! /usr/bin/env donkey
	install:
	- pip install -U pip
	- pip install -r requirements

	runserver:
	- ./manage.py runserver

	sass:
	exe: webpack

	package main

	import "fmt"

	func main() {
	fmt.Println("Dev Configuration\n")
	configuration := GetConfig()
	fmt.Println(configuration.DB_USERNAME)
	fmt.Println(configuration.DB_PASSWORD)
	fmt.Println(configuration.DB_PORT)

	package main

	import (
	"github.com/tkanos/gonfig"
	"fmt"
	)

	type Configuration struct {
	DB_USERNAME string
	DB_PASSWORD string

	{
	"DB_USERNAME": "prod_test",
	"DB_PASSWORD": "prod_test",
	"DB_PORT": "3306",
	"DB_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
	"DB_NAME": "prod_test"
	}

	{
	"DB_USERNAME": "test",
	"DB_PASSWORD": "test",
	"DB_PORT": "3306",
	"DB_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
	"DB_NAME": "test"
	}