pepare doxygen documentation (using github actions)

implement same as QuasarApp/Heart#88
Style material
and include doxygen documentations

@QuasarAppCI

Task #16 Checklist — GitHub Pages documentation site (Material + Doxygen)

@QuasarAppCI picked up this issue (same implementation as QuasarApp/Heart#88). Plan:

Set label in-progress
Create branch task_16 from main
Site scaffold: mkdocs.yml with the Material theme (site style: Material)
All md documentation on the site (README as the home page)
Wire the Doxygen HTML output into the site (docs/api)
GitHub Actions workflow: build the site and deploy it to the gh-pages branch (Doxygen installed inside the workflow via the marketplace action, no system apt) — blocked: QuasarAppCI token lacks the workflow scope (see progress update below)
Local validation: doxygen + mkdocs build passes
Push task_16 and open a PR — Resolve Issue #16: GitHub Pages documentation site (Material + Doxygen) #17
CI green → merge → verify the gh-pages deploy

name: Deploy Documentation (GitHub Pages)

on:
push:
branches: [main]
workflow_dispatch:

permissions:
contents: write

jobs:
build-and-deploy:
name: Build the documentation site and deploy to GitHub Pages
runs-on: ubuntu-latest

steps:
  - name: Checkout
    uses: actions/checkout@v4
    with:
      # The full history is required to compute the
      # 1.0.<commit-count>.<short-sha> project version.
      fetch-depth: 0

  - name: Install Doxygen
    uses: ssciwr/doxygen-install@v2.0.3
    with:
      # The latest stable release the documentation was generated and
      # validated with.
      version: 1.18.0

  - name: Install Graphviz
    uses: ts-graphviz/setup-graphviz@v2.0.2

  - name: Generate the Doxygen configuration file
    run: |
      PROJECT_VERSION="1.0.$(git rev-list --count HEAD).$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
      # Doxygen writes the HTML output into docs/api/ so that the
      # MkDocs build serves it as the /api/ section of the site.
      sed -e "s|@VIEWSOLUTIONS_VERSION@|${PROJECT_VERSION}|" \
          -e "s|^OUTPUT_DIRECTORY       = docs$|OUTPUT_DIRECTORY       = docs/api|" \
          doxygen.conf.in > doxygen.conf
      grep -E '^(PROJECT_NAME|PROJECT_NUMBER|OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)' doxygen.conf

  - name: Generate the Doxygen HTML documentation
    run: |
      # The docs/ directory no longer exists in the repository
      # (docs/index.md is generated at build time), so it has to be
      # created before Doxygen writes its output into docs/api/.
      mkdir -p docs
      doxygen doxygen.conf

  - name: Copy the README as the site home page
    run: |
      # docs/index.md is generated from the root README.md at build
      # time (it is gitignored), so the README stays the single
      # source of truth for the site home page.
      cp README.md docs/index.md

  - name: Install MkDocs and the Material theme
    run: |
      python -m pip install --upgrade pip
      pip install mkdocs==1.6.1 mkdocs-material==9.7.7

  - name: Build the documentation site
    run: |
      mkdocs build --strict
      ls -la site site/api | head -40

  - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
    uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@v4
    with:
      branch: gh-pages
      folder: site
      clean: true


As soon as the workflow is on the branch, the merge deploys the site to the gh-pages branch; I will then set the Pages source (branch gh-pages, path /) and smoke-test https://quasarapp.github.io/ViewSolutions/ .

Merge pull request #17 from QuasarApp/task_16

you forget to implement action

@EndrII

@EndrII the workflow file is ready and committed locally (b7d248c on task_16, on top of the merged main 4522ca2). I re-ran the push just now (2026-10-28 19:1x UTC) — it is still refused:

! [remote rejected] task_16 -> task_16 (refusing to allow a Personal Access Token to create or update workflow `.github/workflows/deploy-docs.yml` without `workflow` scope)

The QuasarAppCI token still has no workflow scope (verified today: admin:public_key, notifications, project, read:org, repo, user, write:discussion). GitHub blocks every PAT write path to .github/workflows/ without it (push, Contents API, Git Data API — all re-verified).
To unblock, one of:

add the workflow scope to the QuasarAppCI token (Settings -> Developer settings -> Personal access tokens -> edit -> check workflow) and I push task_16 + open the PR immediately, or
commit the file yourself — the full content is in my comment above (pepare doxygen documentation (using github actions) #16 (comment)).

Checklist update:

branch task_16 from main
Material site scaffold (mkdocs.yml), README as home page, Doxygen HTML wired in at /api/
local validation: doxygen 1.18.0 + graphviz, mkdocs 1.6.1 + material 9.7.7 build --strict all pass
push task_16, PR Resolve Issue #16: GitHub Pages documentation site (Material + Doxygen) #17 merged (4522ca2)
GitHub Actions workflow file — written, committed locally (b7d248c), blocked on the token workflow scope
PR for the workflow -> merge -> deploy run -> set Pages source -> smoke test

@QuasarAppCI

@QuasarAppCI Describe what happened — what is the problem with creating a YAML file in a separate branch as part of a pull request?

@EndrII

@EndrII

Short answer: nothing is wrong with the YAML file or the branch. The file was already created and committed to a separate branch as part of the PR flow — what fails is the push, and GitHub rejects it because the QuasarAppCI token lacks the workflow scope.

What happened, step by step:

Branch task_16 was cut from main and contains commit b7d248c adding .github/workflows/deploy-docs.yml (74 lines — full content in comment 6477462038). Everything else (mkdocs, doxygen config, CMake, README) was pushed by this same token without any problem and is already merged as PR Resolve Issue #16: GitHub Pages documentation site (Material + Doxygen) #17.

The push of the branch containing the workflow commit is rejected server-side by GitHub:

! [remote rejected] task_16 -> task_16 (refusing to allow a Personal Access Token
to create or update workflow `.github/workflows/deploy-docs.yml` without `workflow` scope)

The check is on the commit content (any file under .github/workflows/), so it cannot be routed around. Every write path was tested with the same token:
- git push of the branch → rejected (error above)
- Contents API PUT of the workflow file → 404 (control test: PUT of a regular file on the same branch succeeded)
- Git-data API: blob/tree/commit creation OK; ref update to a commit containing the workflow → 404 (control: ref update to a non-workflow commit succeeded)
Token scopes (verified from the X-Oauth-Scopes response header): admin:public_key, notifications, project, read:org, repo, user, write:discussion — no workflow.

So the branch + commit are ready and waiting locally; the only missing piece is the workflow scope on the token. Two options to unblock:

(a) add workflow to the QuasarAppCI PAT (Settings → Tokens → QuasarAppCI → scopes) — I then push b7d248c and open the PR immediately; or
(b) you commit the file from comment 6477462038 yourself.

Once the workflow lands on main: the push triggers the Actions build (Doxygen 1.18.0 + Graphviz installed in the workflow via marketplace actions, no apt) and deploys the site to gh-pages; I then set the Pages source and smoke-test https://quasarapp.github.io/ViewSolutions/ .

whats happens when you try to push to your own branch via ssh ? because you have a write access to this repository.

Add the missing GitHub Actions workflow for the docs site (Issue #16)

@EndrII

@EndrII

You were right — I tested it just now. Pushing over SSH works:

git push git@github.com:QuasarApp/ViewSolutions.git task_16
   71b80fb..b7d248c  task_16 -> task_16   (EXIT=0)

Why: the workflow-scope restriction is enforced for Personal Access Tokens only. An SSH key has no scopes — it authenticates as the user (QuasarAppCI), and that user has write access to the repository, so the server accepted the workflow commit. The HTTPS remote uses the PAT via the git credential helper, which is why every HTTPS push attempt was rejected.

Done:

Branch task_16 (main + commit b7d248c with .github/workflows/deploy-docs.yml) pushed via SSH
PR opened: Add the missing GitHub Actions workflow for the docs site (Issue #16) #18 (single file, mergeable, review requested from you)
Label set: waiting-for-review

After the merge: the push to main triggers the Actions build and deploys the site to gh-pages; I will then set the Pages source (branch gh-pages, path /) and smoke-test https://quasarapp.github.io/ViewSolutions/ .

Merge pull request #18 from QuasarApp/task_16

Done — the documentation site is live: https://quasarapp.github.io/ViewSolutions/

PR Add the missing GitHub Actions workflow for the docs site (Issue #16) #18 merged (commit d8b9fd2): .github/workflows/deploy-docs.yml on main — the push triggered the Deploy Documentation (GitHub Pages) run, which built and deployed to gh-pages in 45 s.
Pages source: branch gh-pages, path / — status built.
Smoke test (all 200): / (mkdocs Material home from README), /api/ (Doxygen 1.18.0, doxygen-material.css linked, version 1.0.98.d8b9fd2), /api/index.html.

This closes issue #16: Material-style documentation site with all md documentation and the Doxygen documentation, built and deployed by GitHub Actions (Doxygen + Graphviz installed in the workflow via marketplace actions, no apt). Closing the issue.

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Task #16 Checklist — GitHub Pages documentation site (Material + Doxygen)

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