Description

The current build pipeline relies on manual execution of shell scripts and committing generated artifacts (_site/, interviews/, videos/) to Git. This causes repository bloat and potential merge conflicts.

Acceptance Criteria

• #1 Create a GitHub Actions workflow for building and deploying to GitHub Pages.
• #2 Configure the build to run on push to main or as a pull request check.
• #3 Add _site/, interviews/ (excluding index.html), and videos/ (excluding index.html) to .gitignore.
• #4 Verify that the built site matches the previous manually generated output.

Final Summary

Modernized the build pipeline to eliminate the need for committing built artifacts.

• Updated .github/workflows/validate.yml to build the site from scratch using ./bin/pipeline build.
• Updated .github/workflows/deploy.yml to build the site from scratch before deploying to GitHub Pages.
• Refined .gitignore to exclude generated content in interviews/ and videos/ while preserving root index.html files.
• Re-added root index.html files to git tracking.
• Verified that the build is clean and successful with Jekyll 4.3.4 and Ruby 3.4.8.

Definition of Done

• #1 AC criteria is completed and the change has been verified