Use Github Action to deploy Angular app to github page

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  • Generate a personal access token and create ACCESS_TOKEN variable in Settings -> Secrets.
  • Keep the personal access token in a safe place and do not lose it
  • Go to Actions tab of the github repo
  • Create main.yml under .github/workflow
name: CI
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master
jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false

      - name: Install
        run: |
          npm install
          npm run github-page-deploy
      - name: Build and Deploy Repo
        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@releases/v3
        with:
          ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
          BASE_BRANCH: master
          BRANCH: gh-pages
          CLEAN: true
          GIT_CONFIG_NAME: <author name>
          GIT_CONFIG_EMAIL: <email address>
          FOLDER: dist/<repo name>

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