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The mkdocs gh-deploy command is a command-line tool used in the MkDocs documentation generator to deploy your documentation site to GitHub Pages.

Here's how the command works:

1. mkdocs: This is the command-line tool to interact with MkDocs.
2. gh-deploy: This is a specific command available in MkDocs to deploy the generated documentation to GitHub Pages.

When you run mkdocs gh-deploy, MkDocs will perform the following steps:

1. MkDocs generates a static site (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) from your documentation source files (typically written in Markdown format).
2. It creates a temporary clone of the Git repository associated with your MkDocs project.
3. It commits and pushes the generated static site to the gh-pages branch of the repository.
4. The gh-pages branch contains only the static files necessary for the documentation site.
5. GitHub recognizes the gh-pages branch and automatically publishes the site to your GitHub Pages URL (e.g., https://yourusername.github.io/repositoryname).

In summary, the mkdocs gh-deploy command is a convenient way to update and deploy your documentation site to GitHub Pages, making it accessible over the web.