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Author: daquinteroflex

.github/workflows/tidy3d-docs-sync-readthedocs-repo.yml

@@ -76,54 +76,6 @@ jobs:
           fetch-tags: true
           persist-credentials: true
 
-      - name: flatten-submodules
-        run: |
-          echo "Converting submodules to regular directories..."
-
-          # Get list of submodules
-          git config --file .gitmodules --get-regexp path | awk '{ print $2 }' > /tmp/submodule_paths.txt
-
-          # Remove each submodule from git's index (but keep the files)
-          while IFS= read -r submodule_path; do
-            if [ -d "$submodule_path" ]; then
-              echo "Removing submodule from index: $submodule_path"
-              git rm --cached "$submodule_path" || true
-            fi
-          done < /tmp/submodule_paths.txt
-
-          # Remove .git directories from submodules (converts them to regular directories)
-          while IFS= read -r submodule_path; do
-            if [ -d "$submodule_path/.git" ]; then
-              echo "Removing .git directory: $submodule_path/.git"
-              rm -rf "$submodule_path/.git"
-            fi
-          done < /tmp/submodule_paths.txt
-
-          # Remove submodule configuration
-          rm -f .gitmodules
-          git config --remove-section submodule.docs/notebooks || true
-          git config --remove-section submodule.docs/faq || true
-
-          # Add submodule content back as regular files
-          while IFS= read -r submodule_path; do
-            if [ -d "$submodule_path" ]; then
-              echo "Adding submodule content as regular files: $submodule_path"
-              git add "$submodule_path/"
-            fi
-          done < /tmp/submodule_paths.txt
-
-          # Stage removal of .gitmodules
-          git add .gitmodules || true
-
-          # Configure git user for commit
-          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-
-          # Commit the flattened state
-          git commit -m "Flatten submodules for ReadTheDocs deployment" || echo "No changes to commit"
-
-          echo "Submodules successfully flattened"
-
       - name: push-mirror-repo
         id: sync-result
         env:
@@ -132,17 +84,18 @@ jobs:
           TARGET_REF: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.target_ref || inputs.target_ref }}
         run: |
           echo "Source reference: $SOURCE_REF"
+          git pull origin "$SOURCE_REF"
           git remote add mirror https://github.com/flexcompute-readthedocs/tidy3d-docs.git
-
+         
           if [[ -n "$TARGET_REF" ]]; then
             echo "Pushing contents of '$SOURCE_REF' to remote ref '$TARGET_REF'."
-            git push mirror "HEAD:refs/heads/$TARGET_REF" --force
+            git push mirror "$SOURCE_REF:refs/heads/$TARGET_REF" --force
             SYNCED_REF="$TARGET_REF"
           else
             echo "Pushing '$SOURCE_REF' to the same ref on the mirror."
-            git push mirror HEAD:"$SOURCE_REF" --force
+            git push mirror "$SOURCE_REF" --force
             SYNCED_REF="$SOURCE_REF"
           fi
-
+          
           echo "synced_ref=$SYNCED_REF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "? Successfully synced to: $SYNCED_REF"