update the deploy yaml

Author: jjohare

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
 
 on:
-  # You can choose which events trigger the deploy.
   push:
-    branches: 
-      - main     # Deploy to gh-pages whenever you push to main
+    branches:
+      - main
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   build-and-deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write  # <-- Important: allows pushing to the repo
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out the code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false  # sometimes helpful for clarity
 
       - name: Use Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
@@ -30,8 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v3
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          publish_dir: ./dist     # Directory with the build output
-          # If you want to force-push (e.g., to remove old files completely):
-          # force_orphan: gh-pages 
-          # If you want a custom commit message:
-          # commit_message: Deploy from GitHub Actions
+          publish_dir: ./dist
+          publish_branch: gh-pages   # Explicitly set the target branch
+          force_orphan: true         # Creates or overwrites branch if needed
+          commit_message: "Deploy from GitHub Actions"