ci: build automation for documentation

Signed-off-by: Mike <michael.johanson@intel.com>

.github/workflows/mkdocs_build.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions
+
+name: Docs-Build
+
+# Controls when the action will run. Triggers the workflow on push or pull request
+# events but only for the master branch
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+      - ActivEdge
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master, ActivEdge ]
+    paths: docs/**
+
+# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
+jobs:
+  # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
+  build:
+    # The type of runner that the job will run on
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
+    steps:
+      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.8
+      # Runs a single command using the runners shell
+      - name: Run a one-line script
+        run: |
+          pip install mkdocs-material==6.1.4
+          mkdocs build --strict
+      #checkout the gh-pages branch    
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}      
+        with:
+          path: 'to-be-published'
+          ref: 'gh-pages'
+      #copy the built site content
+      - name: Copy 
+        if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}      
+        run: cp -rlf site/* ./to-be-published/
+      #publish it
+      - name: Publish content
+        if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}      
+        run: |
+          cd ./to-be-published
+          git config user.name github-actions
+          git config user.email github-actions@github.com
+          git add .
+          git commit -m 'ci: ${{github.event.head_commit.message}}'
+          git push origin gh-pages
+      
+
+
+