Added sphinx docs build pipeline for GitHub pages on release

.github/workflows/build-sphinx.yml

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+name: build-sphinx-to-github-pages
+
+env:
+  GITHUB_ACTOR: Autonomous-Resilient-Cyber-Defence
+  GITHUB_REPOSITORY: Autonomous-Resilient-Cyber-Defence/PrimAITE
+  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.10"]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Install python dev
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa -y
+          sudo apt install python${{ matrix.python-version}}-dev -y
+
+      - name: Install Git
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          sudo apt-get install -y git
+        shell: bash
+
+      - name: Set pip, wheel, setuptools versions
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip==23.0.1
+          pip install wheel==0.38.4 --upgrade
+          pip install setuptools==66 --upgrade
+          pip install build
+
+      - name: Install PrimAITE for docs autosummary
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          python -m pip install -e .[dev]
+
+      - name: Run build script for Sphinx pages
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          bash $PWD/docs/build-sphinx-docs-to-github-pages.sh

docs/build-sphinx-docs-to-github-pages.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+set -x
+
+apt-get update
+apt-get -y install git rsync python3-sphinx
+
+pwd ls -lah
+export SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=$(git log -1 --pretty=%ct)
+
+##############
+# BUILD DOCS #
+##############
+
+cd docs
+# Python Sphinx, configured with source/conf.py
+# See https://www.sphinx-doc.org/
+make clean
+make html
+
+cd ..
+#######################
+# Update GitHub Pages #
+#######################
+
+git config --global user.name "${GITHUB_ACTOR}"
+git config --global user.email "${GITHUB_ACTOR}@users.noreply.github.com"
+
+docroot=`mktemp -d`
+
+rsync -av $PWD/docs/_build/html/ "${docroot}/"
+
+pushd "${docroot}"
+
+git init
+git remote add deploy "https://token:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git"
+git checkout -b sphinx-docs-github-pages
+
+# Adds .nojekyll file to the root to signal to GitHub that
+# directories that start with an underscore (_) can remain
+touch .nojekyll
+
+# Add README
+cat > README.md <<EOF
+# README for the Sphinx Docs GitHub Pages Branch
+This branch is simply a cache for the website served from https://Autonomous-Resilient-Cyber-Defence.github.io/PrimAITE/,
+and is  not intended to be viewed on github.com.
+For more information on how this site is built using Sphinx, Read the Docs, GitHub Actions/Pages, and demo
+implementation from https://github.com/annegentle, see:
+ * https://www.docslikecode.com/articles/github-pages-python-sphinx/
+ * https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2020/07/18/sphinx-rtd-github-pages-1
+ * https://github.com/annegentle/create-demo
+EOF
+
+# Copy the resulting html pages built from Sphinx to the sphinx-docs-github-pages branch
+git add .
+
+# Make a commit with changes and any new files
+msg="Updating Docs for commit ${GITHUB_SHA} made on `date -d"@${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH}" --iso-8601=seconds` from ${GITHUB_REF} by ${GITHUB_ACTOR}"
+git commit -am "${msg}"
+
+# overwrite the contents of the sphinx-docs-github-pages branch on our github.com repo
+git push deploy sphinx-docs-github-pages --force
+
+popd # return to main repo sandbox root
+
+# exit cleanly
+exit 0