now using deploy-pages action

.github/workflows/deploy_docs.yml

@@ -12,29 +12,40 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
         # Remove this once we upgrade to 3.12.
-      
       - name: Install typing_extensions (temp)
         run: python3.11 -m pip install typing_extensions
-
       - name: Install pip requirements
         run: tools/pcommand install_pip_reqs
-
       - name: Build documentation
         run: make docs-sphinx 
-      
+      - name: Upload the build
-      - name: No jekyll
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        run: touch build/sphinx/.nojekyll
-      # without this, github thinks we are using jekyll
-      # and doesn't let us access files and dirs with _
-      
-      - name: Deploy documentation
-        uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v3
         with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          name: sphinx_html_docs
-          publish_dir: build/sphinx
+          path: build/sphinx
+
+  deploy:
+    # Add a dependency to the build job
+    needs: build
+
+    # Grant GITHUB_TOKEN the permissions required to make a Pages deployment
+    permissions:
+      pages: write      # to deploy to Pages
+      id-token: write   # to verify the deployment originates from an appropriate source
+
+    # Deploy to the github-pages environment
+    environment:
+      name: github-pages
+      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
+
+    # Specify runner + deployment step
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
+        id: deployment
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4 # or specific "vX.X.X" version tag for this action