use artifacts instead of repo checkout

Author: ReenigneArcher

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -18,10 +18,23 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
+  test:  # todo: remove this
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Create simple file
+        run: echo "Hello, world!" > hello.txt
+
+      - name: Upload artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: hello
+          path: hello.txt
+
   call-jekyll-build:
+    needs: test  # todo: remove this
     uses: ./.github/workflows/jekyll-build.yml
     with:
-      site_source: '.'
+      site_artifact: hello  # todo: remove this
       target_branch: gh-pages
       clean_gh_pages: true
     secrets:

.github/workflows/jekyll-build.yml

@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ name: Build Jekyll
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
-      site_source:
-        description: 'Directory where the site source files are located'
+      site_artifact:
+        description: 'Artifact name to download'
         required: false
-        default: '.'
+        default: ''
         type: string
       config_file:
         description: 'Configuration file to use, relative to the site source directory'
@@ -54,9 +54,10 @@ jobs:
           path: theme
 
       - name: Checkout project
-        if: ${{ github.repository != 'LizardByte/LizardByte.github.io' }}
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        if: ${{ inputs.site_artifact != '' }}
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
+          name: ${{ inputs.site_artifact }}
           path: project
 
       - name: Setup project
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ jobs:
           done
 
           # copy project directory, they should only come from the project repo
-          cp -RTf ./project/${{ inputs.site_source }}/ ${TMPDIR}/
+          cp -RTf ./project/ ${TMPDIR}/
 
           # remove the workspace
           cd ..