diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 49e6e098..e808b3e9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ This [GitHub action](https://github.com/features/actions) will handle the deploy process of your project to [GitHub Pages](https://pages.github.com/). It can be configured to upload your production-ready code into any branch you'd like, including `gh-pages` and `docs`. ## Getting Started :airplane: -You can include the action in your workflow to trigger on any event that [GitHub actions supports](https://help.github.com/en/articles/events-that-trigger-workflows). If the remote branch that you wish to deploy to doesn't already exist the action will create it for you. Your workflow will also need to include the `actions/checkout` step before this workflow runs in order for the deployment to work. +You can include the action in your workflow to trigger on any event that [GitHub actions supports](https://help.github.com/en/articles/events-that-trigger-workflows). If the remote branch that you wish to deploy to doesn't already exist the action will create it for you. Your workflow will also need to include the `actions/checkout` step before this workflow runs in order for the deployment to work. You can view an example of this below. @@ -37,6 +37,17 @@ on: - master ``` +#### Operating System Support 💿 + +This action is primarily developed using [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/). [In your workflow job configuration](https://help.github.com/en/actions/automating-your-workflow-with-github-actions/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idruns-on) it's reccomended to set the `runs-on` property to `ubuntu-latest`. Operating systems such as [Windows](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/) are not currently supported. + +``` +jobs: + build-and-deploy: + runs-on: ubuntu-latest +``` + + ## Configuration 📁 The `with` portion of the workflow **must** be configured before the action will work. You can add these in the `with` section found in the examples above. Any `secrets` must be referenced using the bracket syntax and stored in the GitHub repositories `Settings/Secrets` menu. You can learn more about setting environment variables with GitHub actions [here](https://help.github.com/en/articles/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idstepsenv).