mkdocs-material/docs/getting-started/publishing-your-site.md
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# Publishing your site
The great thing about hosting project documentation in a `git` repository is
the ability to automatically deploy it when new changes are pushed. MkDocs
makes this ridiculously simple.
## GitHub Pages
If you're already hosting your code on GitHub, [GitHub Pages][1] is certainly
the most convenient way to publish your project documentation. It's free of
charge and pretty easy to set up.
[1]: https://pages.github.com/
### with GitHub Actions
Using [GitHub Actions][2] you can automate the deployment of your project
documentation. At the root of your repository, create a new GitHub Actions
workflow, e.g. `.github/workflows/ci.yml`, and copy and paste the following
contents:
=== ".github/workflows/ci.yml"
``` yaml
name: ci
on:
push:
branches:
- master
jobs:
deploy:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v2
- uses: actions/setup-python@v2
with:
python-version: 3.x
- run: pip install mkdocs-material
- run: mkdocs gh-deploy --force
```
Now, when a new commit is pushed to `master`, the static site is automatically
built and deployed. Commit and push the file to your repository to see the
workflow in action.
Your documentation should shortly appear at `<username>.github.io/<repository>`.
[2]: https://github.com/features/actions
### with MkDocs
If you prefer to deploy your project documentation manually, you can just invoke
the following command from the directory containing the `mkdocs.yml` file:
```
mkdocs gh-deploy --force
```
## GitLab Pages
If you're hosting your code on GitLab, deploying to [GitLab Pages][3] can be
done by using the [GitLab CI][4] task runner. At the root of your repository,
create a task definition named `.gitlab-ci.yml` and copy and paste the
following contents:
=== ".gitlab-ci.yml"
``` yaml
image: python:latest
deploy:
stage: deploy
only:
- master
script:
- pip install mkdocs-material
- mkdocs build --site-dir public
artifacts:
paths:
- public
```
Now, when a new commit is pushed to `master`, the static site is automatically
built and deployed. Commit and push the file to your repository to see the
workflow in action.
Your documentation should shortly appear at `<username>.gitlab.io/<repository>`.
[3]: https://gitlab.com/pages
[4]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/