From b0d284814da5f6d336b2da0edd5680aed9948758 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jefino9488 <jefinojacob9488@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:29:48 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ci): ensure gh-pages branch initialization in workflows

Co-authored-by: Junie <junie@jetbrains.com>
---
 .github/workflows/release-engine.yml     | 25 ++++++++++++++++++------
 .github/workflows/update-build-index.yml | 23 +++++++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-engine.yml b/.github/workflows/release-engine.yml
index 26b9fb1..dd2ea00 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-engine.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-engine.yml
@@ -68,11 +68,24 @@ jobs:
           make_latest: true
           generate_release_notes: false
 
-      - name: Checkout gh-pages
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: gh-pages
-          path: gh-pages
+      - name: Setup gh-pages
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          if git fetch origin gh-pages; then
+            git clone --branch gh-pages --depth 1 https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git gh-pages
+          else
+            echo "gh-pages branch not found, initializing..."
+            mkdir -p gh-pages
+            cd gh-pages
+            git init
+            git remote add origin https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git
+            git checkout -b gh-pages
+            touch .gitkeep
+            git add .gitkeep
+            git commit -m "Initialize gh-pages"
+            cd ..
+          fi
 
       - name: Update latest stable JSON
         run: |
@@ -97,5 +110,5 @@ jobs:
             echo "No latest.json changes to commit"
           else
             git commit -m "Update latest stable to v${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
-            git push
+            git push origin gh-pages
           fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-build-index.yml b/.github/workflows/update-build-index.yml
index 2fb5ef0..f74b168 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-build-index.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-build-index.yml
@@ -23,11 +23,24 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout gh-pages
+      - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: gh-pages
-          fetch-depth: 1
+
+      - name: Setup gh-pages branch
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          if git fetch origin gh-pages; then
+            git checkout -B gh-pages origin/gh-pages
+          else
+            echo "gh-pages branch not found, creating orphan branch..."
+            git checkout --orphan gh-pages
+            git rm -rf .
+            mkdir -p builds
+            touch builds/.gitkeep
+            git add builds/.gitkeep
+            git commit -m "Initialize gh-pages"
+          fi
 
       - name: Download build manifest artifact
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -154,5 +167,5 @@ jobs:
             echo "No changes to commit"
           else
             git commit -m "Update build index for run ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}"
-            git push
+            git push origin gh-pages
           fi