[Setting up github pages deploys from Travis] #travis #gh-pages

.travis.yml

language: node_js
node_js:
  - "6"
cache:
  yarn: true # I happen to be using yarn
  directories:
  - node_modules
notifications:
  email: false
before_deploy:
  - <BUILD_COMMAND_HERE>
deploy:
  provider: pages
  skip_cleanup: true
  github_token: $GITHUB_TOKEN # Set in travis-ci.org dashboard
  local_dir: <LOCAL_DIR_CONTAINING_STATIC_FILES>
  on:
    branch: master
branches:
  only:
  - master

notes.md

• Create a deploy user
• Give them repository permissions
• Create a Personal Access Token for the deploy user (Settings -> Personal Access Token) with repo permissions
• Store that as an environmental variable in travis
• (The motivation for creating a separate deploy user is to avoid creating a personal access token for your personal github account which would have access to all of your repos.)
• Create a gh-pages branch on the main repository