Build and release docs #38

	name: Build and release docs

	# build the documentation for all version branches on dispatch
	on:
	# only trigger manually or via API call
	workflow_dispatch:

	# security: restrict permissions for CI jobs.
	permissions:
	contents: read

	jobs:
	# Build documentation and upload static HTML files as an artifact
	build:
	runs-on: ubuntu-latest
	steps:
	- name: Checkout branch
	uses: actions/checkout@v4
	with:
	fetch-depth: 0 # Needed to access all version branches
	- name: Set Up Python
	uses: actions/setup-python@v5
	with:
	python-version: ${{ vars.PYTHON_VERSION }}
	# Poetry is needed for version management
	- name: Install poetry
	run: \|
	pipx install poetry
	# Install dependencies and prerequisites for doc generation script
	- run: \|
	python -m pip install --upgrade pip
	pip install pdoc
	# Generate docs into docs_output/
	- name: Generate documentation
	run: \|
	chmod +x ./build_docs.sh
	./build_docs.sh

	- uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
	with:
	path: docs_output/

	# Deploy artifact to GitHub pages
	# This is a separate job so that only actions/deploy-pages has the necessary permissions
	deploy:
	needs: build
	runs-on: ubuntu-latest
	permissions:
	pages: write
	id-token: write
	environment:
	name: github-pages
	url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
	steps:
	- id: deployment
	uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4

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