fix: use a custom branch for preview deployment

Author: vgeorge

.github/workflows/deploy-branch.yml

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ jobs:
           user_name: "STAC Browser CI"
           user_email: [email protected]
           destination_dir: preview/${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.branch_name }}
+          publish_branch: gh-pages-preview
 
       - name: Comment PR
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'

scripts/build-with-semantic.sh

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ echo "   npx serve dist/"
 echo ""
 echo "To deploy to GitHub Pages:"
 echo "   1. Set the SEMANTIC_SEARCH_API_URL secret in your repo settings"
-echo "   2. Push this branch to GitHub"
-echo "   3. The GitHub Action will deploy to:"
+echo "   2. Configure GitHub Pages to use 'gh-pages-preview' branch"
+echo "   3. Push this branch to GitHub"
+echo "   4. The GitHub Action will deploy to:"
 echo "      https://YOUR_USERNAME.github.io/YOUR_REPO/preview/$BRANCH_NAME/"