From 6109456529304856b110bdfd132cd32ef70b074d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SweetoCodes <charliesweeting18@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 15:29:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] added github action for remote building

---
 .github/workflows/build.yml | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 .gitignore                  | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 README.md                   | 10 +++++++---
 3 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/build.yml
 create mode 100644 .gitignore

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3395d19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: Generate PDF from Markdown
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - '**/*.md'   # Trigger this workflow on Markdown file changes
+  workflow_dispatch: # Allows manual trigger of the action
+
+jobs:
+  generate-pdf:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+    - name: Set up Node.js
+      uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      with:
+        node-version: '18'
+
+    - name: Install mdpdf
+      run: npm install -g mdpdf
+
+    - name: Generate PDF
+      run: mdpdf cv.md --style=styles.css --border-top=12mm --border-bottom=0mm --border-left=4mm --border-right=4mm
+
+    - name: Commit and push PDF
+      run: |
+        git config --global user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
+        git config --global user.email 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
+        git add cv.pdf
+        git commit -m 'Generate PDF from Markdown'
+        git push
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}  # GitHub token for authentication
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5960ee0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Ignore node_modules directory
+node_modules/
+
+# Ignore log files
+*.log
+
+# Ignore build directories
+dist/
+build/
+
+# Ignore OS-specific files
+.DS_Store
+
+# Ignore environment variable files
+.env
+
+# Ignore IDE-specific files
+.vscode/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3037eef..825d9f8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 ## Installation
+By default, changes to the markdown file in this repository trigger a github action that builds a pdf from the markdown source and commits the file. 
+
+To enable the comitting of this file back to this repository click on Settings > Actions > General and (under workflow permissions) select "Read and write permissions" & "Allow GitHub Actions to create and approve pull requests".
 
 ```bash
-# Run Locally
-# Install mdpdf glboally
+# or run locally:
+
+# Install mdpdf globally
 npm install -g mdpdf@3.0.1
 
 # Build pdf from markdown locally
-mdpdf cv.md --style=styles.css --border-top=12mm --border-bottom=1mm --border-left=4mm --border-right=4mm
+mdpdf cv.md --style=styles.css --border-top=12mm --border-bottom=0mm --border-left=4mm --border-right=4mm
 ```
 
 ### About