Enhance GitHub Actions workflow to support separate deployment jobs for non-main branches

Author: Dave3130

.github/workflows/static.yml

@@ -21,8 +21,73 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: false
 
 jobs:
-  # Single deploy job since we're just deploying
-  deploy:
+  # Deploy for non-main branches (no protected environment)
+  deploy_unprotected:
+    if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/main'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '18'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          if [ -f package-lock.json ]; then npm ci; else npm install; fi
+
+      - name: Determine deploy subpath
+        id: vars
+        run: |
+          BRANCH=${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}
+          # Default folder for main is root (no vX prefix). For demo branches map to v1..v5
+          case "$BRANCH" in
+            demo_app_v1) SUBPATH="v1";;
+            demo_app_v2) SUBPATH="v2";;
+            demo_app_v3) SUBPATH="v3";;
+            demo_app_v4) SUBPATH="v4";;
+            demo_app_v5) SUBPATH="v5";;
+            main) SUBPATH="";;
+            *) SUBPATH="";;
+          esac
+          echo "subpath=$SUBPATH" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Build
+        env:
+          BASE_PATH: ${{ steps.vars.outputs.subpath }}
+          APP_BASE: browserstack-demo-app
+        run: |
+          # Compute a single deploy base that always ends with a trailing slash
+          if [ -n "$BASE_PATH" ]; then
+            DEPLOY_BASE="/${APP_BASE}/${BASE_PATH}/"
+          else
+            DEPLOY_BASE="/${APP_BASE}/"
+          fi
+
+          # Export to the build-tool env names expected by the project
+          export PUBLIC_URL="$DEPLOY_BASE"
+          export VITE_BASE_PATH="$DEPLOY_BASE"
+          echo "Building with DEPLOY_BASE=$DEPLOY_BASE"
+
+          npm run build
+
+      - name: Setup Pages
+        uses: actions/configure-pages@v5
+
+      - name: Upload build artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          path: ./build
+
+      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
+        id: deployment
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
+
+  # Deploy for main branch (keeps environment protections)
+  deploy_protected:
+    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     environment:
       name: github-pages
       url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}