GHAction_MoveFolderToNewBranch.yml

# Simple workflow for deploying static content to GitHub Pages
name: Deploy static content to Pages

on:
  # Runs on pushes targeting the default branch
  push:
    branches: ["main"]
    paths:
      - 'Output/**'

  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
  workflow_dispatch:

# Sets permissions of the GITHUB_TOKEN to allow deployment to GitHub Pages
permissions:
  contents: write
  pages: write
  id-token: write

# Allow one concurrent deployment
# concurrency:
#   group: "pages"
#   cancel-in-progress: true

jobs:
  copy_job:
    name: Copy my folder
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          #token: ${{ secrets.pat }}
      - name: Do copy
        env:
          SRC_FOLDER_PATH: 'Output'
          TARGET_BRANCH: 'gh-pages'
        run: |
          files=$(find $SRC_FOLDER_PATH -type f) # get the file list
          git config --global user.name 'GitHub Action'
          git config --global user.email 'action@github.com'
          git fetch                         # fetch branches
          git checkout $TARGET_BRANCH       # checkout to your branch
          git checkout ${GITHUB_REF##*/} -- $files # copy files from the source branch
          git add -A
          git diff-index --quiet HEAD ||  git commit -am "deploy files"  # commit to the repository (ignore if no modification)
          git push origin $TARGET_BRANCH # push to remote branch