Grunt task to deploy a static app to GitHub Pages

README.md

Used to deploy an JS/Grunt-based application to GitHub Pages. Used in an app generated using the yeoman's generator-angular.

Requirements / Assumptions

• The compiled application resides in ./dist/. All files in this folder will be served.
• In ./package.json, repository: { url: '...' } is configured to a ssh/http URL pointing to the app's repository

Gruntfile.js

module.exports = function (grunt) {
  
  grunt.initConfig({
  
    packageJson: require('./package.json'),

    shell: {
      deploy: {
        command: [
          'git show head "--format=oneline" | head -n 1 > .git/commitmsg',
          'cd dist',
          'git init .',
          'git add .',
          'git commit -m "Deployed: $(cat .git/commitmsg)"',
          'git push "<%= packageJson.repository.url %>" master:gh-pages --force',
          'rm -rf .git'
        ].join('&&')
      }
    }
    
  });
};