Refactor GitHub Actions workflow to deploy Javadocs without committin…

…g to the repository

- Removed the `commit-javadoc` job to prevent committing files to the repository.
- Updated the `build-javadoc` job to upload Javadocs as artifacts.
- Modified the `deploy-javadoc` job to deploy using the uploaded artifacts.
- Updated README to reflect the new deployment process.

.github/workflows/build-and-deploy-javadoc.yml

@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ jobs:
       REMOTE_URL: "https://github.com/processing/processing4.git"
 
     steps:
-    - name: Checkout gh-pages branch
+    - name: Checkout repository
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
-        ref: gh-pages
+        fetch-depth: 0
 
     - name: Set up JDK 17
       uses: actions/setup-java@v3
@@ -79,47 +79,15 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         ant doc
 
-    - name: Copy Javadoc to /docs directory
-      run: |
-        if [ -d "processing4/build/javadoc/core" ]; then
-          cp -r processing4/build/javadoc/core ../docs/
-        fi
-
     - name: Upload Javadocs artifact
       uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v1
       with:
-        path: ./docs
+        path: processing4/build/javadoc/core
 
     - name: Clean up the processing4 directory
       run: |
         rm -rf processing4/
 
-  commit-javadoc:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build-javadoc
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout gh-pages branch
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      with:
-        repository: processing/processing4-javadocs
-        ref: gh-pages
-        fetch-depth: 0
-
-    - name: Commit and Push changes to gh-pages if any changes exist
-      run: |
-        git config --global user.name "GitHub Actions"
-        git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
-        if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain docs/)" ]; then
-          git add docs/
-          git commit -m "Update Javadocs"
-          git push https://[email protected]/processing/processing4-javadocs.git HEAD:gh-pages
-        else
-          echo "No changes to commit."
-        fi
-      env:
-        PAT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}
-
   deploy-javadoc:
     needs: build-javadoc
     permissions:

README.md

@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ This repository uses a custom GitHub Actions workflow [`build-and-deploy-javadoc
 
 The workflow clones the `processing/processing4` repository, gets the commit corresponding to the latest release, builds the Javadocs using `ant`, and copies the generated files to the `/docs` directory of this repository. The updated Javadocs are then committed and pushed to the `gh-pages` branch.
 
-We've set "Deploy from branch" in the repo settings to trigger on push to the `gh-pages` branch. Every time the `build-and-deploy-javadoc.yml` workflow completes, it will trigger a deploy to GitHub pages.
-
 The workflow is triggered every Monday at midnight (UTC). A maintainer can manually trigger the workflow if needed.
 
 ## Legacy