add conditional flag for deployment

Author: artcz

.github/workflows/build-deploy.yml

@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ jobs:
         run: ssh-keyscan "static.europython.eu" > ~/.ssh/known_hosts
 
       - name: Deploy to server
-        run: make deploy
+        run: make deploy FORCE_DEPLOY=true

Makefile

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export GIT_VERSION ?= $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 BRANCH := $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 # Replace "/" and other non-alphanumeric characters with "-"
 SAFE_BRANCH := $(shell echo "$(BRANCH)" | sed 's/[^A-Za-z0-9._-]/-/g')
+FORCE_DEPLOY ?= false
 
 # TODO: update this to the prod branches
 ifeq ($(SAFE_BRANCH), deployment-simpler)
@@ -48,9 +49,11 @@ build:
 	# NOTE: also let's find a better way to do this :D
 	find ./dist/_astro/ -iname '*.jpg' -delete
 
+ifeq ($(FORCE_DEPLOY), true)
 deploy:
-	@echo "\n\n**** Deploying branch '$(BRANCH)' (safe: $(SAFE_BRANCH)) to $(TARGET)...\n\n"
-	$(REMOTE_CMD) "mkdir -p $(TARGET)"
-	rsync -avz --delete ./dist/ $(VPS_USER)@$(VPS_HOST):$(TARGET)/
-	$(REMOTE_CMD) "cd $(RELEASES_DIR) && ln -snf $(TIMESTAMP) current"
-	@echo "\n\n**** Deployment complete.\n\n"
+		@echo "\n\n**** Deploying branch '$(BRANCH)' (safe: $(SAFE_BRANCH)) to $(TARGET)...\n\n"
+		$(REMOTE_CMD) "mkdir -p $(TARGET)"
+		rsync -avz --delete ./dist/ $(VPS_USER)@$(VPS_HOST):$(TARGET)/
+		$(REMOTE_CMD) "cd $(RELEASES_DIR) && ln -snf $(TIMESTAMP) current"
+		@echo "\n\n**** Deployment complete.\n\n"
+endif