wip record doc versions

.ci/scripts/record_available_doc_versions.py

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# This script will write a json file to $OUTPUT_FILE that contains the name of
+# each available Synapse version with documentation.
+#
+# This script assumes that any top-level directory in the "gh-pages" branch is
+# named after a documentation version and contains documentation website files.
+
+import os.path
+import json
+
+OUTPUT_FILE = "versions.json"
+
+# Determine the list of Synapse versions that have documentation.
+doc_versions = []
+for filepath in os.listdir():
+    if os.path.isdir(filepath):
+        doc_versions.append(filepath)
+
+# Record the documentation versions in a json file, such that the
+# frontend javascript is aware of what versions exist.
+to_write = {
+    "versions": doc_versions,
+    "default_version": "latest",
+}
+
+# Write the file.
+with open(OUTPUT_FILE, "w") as f:
+    f.write(json.dumps(to_write))

.github/workflows/docs.yaml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   pages:
-    name: GitHub Pages
+    name: Build and deploy docs
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -63,3 +63,29 @@ jobs:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           publish_dir: ./book
           destination_dir: ./${{ steps.vars.outputs.branch-version }}
+
+  list_available_versions:
+    needs: pages
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      # Check out the current branch
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Save the script
+        run: cp .ci/scripts/record_available_doc_versions.py /
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+
+      # Check out the gh-pages branch, which we'll be pushing the doc versions to
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+          # Check out the gh-pages branch
+          ref: 'gh-pages'
+
+      - name: Record the available documentation versions
+        run: |
+          # Download the script
+          /record_available_doc_versions