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mkdocs:tldr:59a84
mkdocs: Deploy the documentation in the current directory to GitHub pages.
$ mkdocs gh-deploy
try on your machine
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:
mkdocs
: This is the command-line tool to interact with MkDocs.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:
- MkDocs generates a static site (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) from your documentation source files (typically written in Markdown format).
- It creates a temporary clone of the Git repository associated with your MkDocs project.
- It commits and pushes the generated static site to the
gh-pages
branch of the repository. - The
gh-pages
branch contains only the static files necessary for the documentation site. - 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.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.