try pushing index to gh-pages

.github/workflows/site.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
-name: Site
+name: Update Site
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 # Workflow conditions
 on:
@@ -25,17 +25,22 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.1 # If you're using actions/checkout@v2 you must set persist-credentials to false in most cases for the deployment to work correctly.
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-
-      - name: create site dir
+      - name: update site content
         run: |
           mkdir -p build/
-          echo "---\nlayout: home\n---" > build/index.md
-          cat README.md >> build/index.md
-
-      - name: deploy site to gh-pages
-        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@3.6.2
+          echo "---\nlayout: home\n---" > index.md
+          cat README.md >> index.md
+      #------------------------------------------------------------------------#
+      # Commit and push the new README
+      - name: add and commit content
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
+          git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
+          git add -f index.md
+          git commit -m 'update readme index' || echo "No changes to commit"
+      # Keep push separate for authentication
+      - name: push content
+        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
         with:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          BRANCH: gh-pages # The branch the action should deploy to.
-          FOLDER: build # The folder the action should deploy.
-          CLEAN: false # Automatically remove deleted files from the deploy branch
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY }}
+          branch: gh-pages