deploy.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -e

# Checks out or creates a gh-pages branch
git checkout gh-pages || git checkout -b gh-pages

# Merge in new changes
git merge master --no-ff --strategy-option theirs --no-edit --allow-unrelated-histories

# Run the build to get the latest in the dist/ folder
npm run build

# The dist/ files are ignored by default in the .gitignore
# --all ensures that deletions are taken into account
git add --force --all dist/

# Show what's happening
git status

# Need to commit these files since they aren't in the index by default during development
git commit --allow-empty -m "Updating gh-pages with latest code built on $(date)"

# GitHub pages requires files to be in the root directory of the repo,
# so subtree push forces the *contents* of the dist directory to become
# the root only on gh-pages
# Update: Using subtree split now to force changes onto gh-pages (https://gist.github.com/cobyism/4730490#gistcomment-1374989)
git push origin `git subtree split --prefix dist gh-pages`:refs/heads/gh-pages --force

# Return to previous branch
git checkout -

git branch -D gh-pages

echo -e "\e[32mSuccess!"