From e9a5efa8c4044ae591de2c54f52f520bfabb548c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:04:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add GitLab CI/CD pipeline to auto-publish site to GitHub
 Pages

---
 .gitlab-ci.yml | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .gitlab-ci.yml

diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea61bef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# GitLab CI/CD pipeline — builds the Quarto site and deploys to GitHub Pages
+#
+# REQUIRED: Before this pipeline can run, add a secret variable in GitLab:
+#   GitLab project → Settings → CI/CD → Variables
+#   Key:   GITHUB_TOKEN
+#   Value: a GitHub Personal Access Token with "repo" scope (Contents: Read and Write)
+#   Flags: check "Mask variable" so it never appears in logs
+
+stages:
+  - deploy
+
+publish:
+  stage: deploy
+  image: ubuntu:22.04
+
+  variables:
+    QUARTO_VERSION: "1.6.39"
+    # Prevent git from asking interactive questions
+    GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT: "0"
+
+  before_script:
+    # Install the bare minimum needed to download and run Quarto
+    - apt-get update -qq
+    - apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends wget git ca-certificates
+    # Download and install Quarto
+    - wget -q "https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/releases/download/v${QUARTO_VERSION}/quarto-${QUARTO_VERSION}-linux-amd64.deb"
+    - dpkg -i "quarto-${QUARTO_VERSION}-linux-amd64.deb"
+    - rm "quarto-${QUARTO_VERSION}-linux-amd64.deb"
+    # Verify install
+    - quarto --version
+
+  script:
+    # Build the site — outputs static HTML to _site/
+    - quarto render
+
+    # Deploy _site/ to the gh-pages branch on GitHub
+    - git config --global user.email "gitlab-ci@noreply"
+    - git config --global user.name "GitLab CI"
+    - cd _site
+    - git init
+    - git checkout -b gh-pages
+    - git add .
+    - git commit -m "Deploy: $(date -u '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC')"
+    # GITHUB_TOKEN is the secret variable you added in GitLab settings
+    - git push --force "https://x-token:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/pbhusari/quarto-personal-website.git" gh-pages
+
+  # Only run this pipeline when changes are pushed to main
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main"'

From 5b47dc5a6f15431f293388a9001720b39df5c064 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:05:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Use quarto publish gh-pages instead of manual git push

---
 .gitlab-ci.yml | 17 +++++------------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ea61bef..833b9b2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # REQUIRED: Before this pipeline can run, add a secret variable in GitLab:
 #   GitLab project → Settings → CI/CD → Variables
 #   Key:   GITHUB_TOKEN
-#   Value: a GitHub Personal Access Token with "repo" scope (Contents: Read and Write)
+#   Value: a GitHub Personal Access Token with "Contents: Read and Write" permission
 #   Flags: check "Mask variable" so it never appears in logs
 
 stages:
@@ -30,19 +30,12 @@ publish:
     - quarto --version
 
   script:
-    # Build the site — outputs static HTML to _site/
-    - quarto render
-
-    # Deploy _site/ to the gh-pages branch on GitHub
     - git config --global user.email "gitlab-ci@noreply"
     - git config --global user.name "GitLab CI"
-    - cd _site
-    - git init
-    - git checkout -b gh-pages
-    - git add .
-    - git commit -m "Deploy: $(date -u '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC')"
-    # GITHUB_TOKEN is the secret variable you added in GitLab settings
-    - git push --force "https://x-token:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/pbhusari/quarto-personal-website.git" gh-pages
+    # Repoint origin to GitHub with the auth token so quarto publish can push there
+    - git remote set-url origin "https://x-token:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/pbhusari/quarto-personal-website.git"
+    # quarto publish renders the site and pushes _site/ to the gh-pages branch in one step
+    - quarto publish gh-pages --no-prompt
 
   # Only run this pipeline when changes are pushed to main
   rules: