Can submodules be the same as folders in retype?

[luascfl]

When i deploy locally, it works just fine. But, when i try with github pages or cloudflare pages, only the main repo is hosted. For reference, my repository and hosted versions: https://github.com/luascfl/tutorial-linkedin https://luascfl.github.io/tutorial-linkedin/ https://tutorial-linkedin.pages.dev/

ty in advance

[geoffreymcgill]

Out of the box with the default functionality, it appears Retype will not automatically clone the submodules during the build process. I will look into this today and see if there is a way to get this working.

[luascfl]

@geoffreymcgill

Managed to fix the problem.

Now hosted at:

• https://luascfl.github.io/tutorial-linkedin/
• https://tutorial-linkedin.pages.dev/
• https://elegant-meerkat-67c034.netlify.app/

---

I'm not a programmer, so I continuously sent the retype-action.yml code along with deployment errors to Deepseek.

Initial Changes

Initially, I changed the step to checkout the repository and also added a step to initialize submodules:

steps:
  - name: Checkout repository
    uses: actions/checkout@v4
    with:
      submodules: 'true'

  - name: Initialize submodules
    run: git submodule update --init --recursive

GitHub Actions Error

Then GitHub Actions reported that Retype was trying to remove submodules (rmdir errors):

Run retypeapp/action-github-pages@latest
Run ${GITHUB_ACTION_PATH}/github.sh
Retype built documentation path: /tmp/tmp.cgpztxZtFh
Target branch: retype
Target directory: ./
Fetching remote for existing branches: done.
Branch 'retype' already exists.
warning: unable to rmdir 'auto-confignotifications-linkedin': Directory not empty
warning: unable to rmdir 'auto-connect-linkedin': Directory not empty
warning: unable to rmdir 'auto-deletealerts-linkedin': Directory not empty
warning: unable to rmdir 'auto-deletenotifications-linkedin': Directory not empty
warning: unable to rmdir 'auto-followcompany-linkedin': Directory not empty
warning: unable to rmdir 'auto-updatejobalerts-linkedin': Directory not empty
Switching to the 'retype' branch: done.
fatal: pathspec 'auto-confignotifications-linkedin' did not match any files
Cleaning up branch: found config.js's ID, error.
Error: unable to remove directory at root: auto-confignotifications-linkedin
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.

Possible Fix

I believe Deepseek fixed the problem by not using retypeapp/action-github-pages but instead switching to [JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action](https://github.com/JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action).

Would love to know if this could be fixed, implemented as an option, or explained.

Should this issue be closed?

Further changes beyond my comprehension below:

---

Fixed Version (retype-action.yml)

name: Publish Retype powered website to GitHub Pages
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  publish:
    name: Publish to retype branch
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: write

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          submodules: 'true'

      - name: Initialize submodules
        run: git submodule update --init --recursive

      - name: Setup .NET
        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
        with:
          dotnet-version: '7.0.x'

      - name: Install Retype globally
        run: dotnet tool install --global retypeapp

      - name: Build with Retype
        env:
          RETYPE_LICENSE_KEY: ${{ secrets.RETYPE_LICENSE_KEY }}
        run: retype build --output ./retype-dist

      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@v4
        with:
          branch: retype
          folder: ./retype-dist
          clean: true
          force: true