Resolved GitHub Pages Deployment Issues

📅 2025-03-13 — Session: Resolved GitHub Pages Deployment Issues

🕒 08:35–09:00
🏷️ Labels: Github, Hugo, Deployment, Web Development, Troubleshooting
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

The primary objective of this session was to troubleshoot and resolve issues related to deploying a Hugo site to GitHub Pages.

Troubleshooting GitHub Pages Theme Issues: Steps were taken to ensure that GitHub Pages utilized the modified theme files by checking build logs, forcing Hugo to use local themes, verifying paths, and triggering new deployments.
Deploying Hugo Site: A structured guide was followed to deploy the Hugo site to GitHub Pages, which included correcting output paths, committing changes, and verifying the deployment.
Fixing gh-pages Branch Checkout Error: The session addressed the issue of the gh-pages branch being checked out in the main repository. This was resolved by removing the current checkout and setting it up as a worktree for cleaner deployment.
Safely Pushing to gh-pages: Detailed steps were followed to ensure that only the built Hugo site was deployed to the gh-pages branch, maintaining the integrity of the version control.

Successfully resolved theme issues and ensured that the Hugo site was correctly deployed to GitHub Pages.
Implemented a clean deployment strategy using Git worktrees.

Monitor the deployment for any further issues that may arise and optimize the deployment process as needed.