Refactor GitHub Actions workflow for improved deployment structure and clarity

Author: MrAlders0n

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -4,35 +4,62 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+      - dev
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-permissions:
+permissions: 
   contents: read
-  pages: write
+  pages:  write
   id-token: write
 
 concurrency:
-  group: "pages"
-  cancel-in-progress: false
+  group:  "pages-${{ github.ref }}"
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
-  deploy:
-    environment:
-      name: github-pages
-      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
+  build-and-deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
+      - name:  Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Determine deployment path
+        id: deploy-path
+        run:  |
+          if [ "${{ github.ref }}" == "refs/heads/main" ]; then
+            echo "path=." >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "environment=production" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "path=dev" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "environment=development" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
       - name: Setup Pages
         uses: actions/configure-pages@v4
 
+      - name: Prepare deployment directory
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p _site/${{ steps. deploy-path.outputs.path }}
+          if [ "${{ steps. deploy-path.outputs.path }}" == "." ]; then
+            cp -r * _site/ 2>/dev/null || true
+            cp -r .??* _site/ 2>/dev/null || true
+            rm -rf _site/.git _site/.github
+          else
+            cp -r * _site/${{ steps.deploy-path.outputs.path }}/ 2>/dev/null || true
+            rm -rf _site/${{ steps.deploy-path.outputs.path }}/.git
+          fi
+
       - name: Upload artifact
         uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          path: '.'
 
       - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
         id: deployment
         uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
+        
+      - name: Comment deployment URL
+        run: |
+          if [ "${{ steps.deploy-path.outputs.environment }}" == "production" ]; then
+            echo "✅ Production deployed to main site"
+          else
+            echo "✅ Development deployed to /dev subdirectory"
+          fi