Merge pull request #7 from CS3219-AY2425S1/gh-actions-patch-3

Update nextjs.yml

.github/workflows/nextjs.yml

@@ -1,92 +1,67 @@
-# Sample workflow for building and deploying a Next.js site to GitHub Pages
-#
-# To get started with Next.js see: https://nextjs.org/docs/getting-started
-#
 name: Deploy Next.js site to Pages
 
 on:
-  # Runs on pushes targeting the default branch
   push:
     branches: ["main"]
-
-  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-# Sets permissions of the GITHUB_TOKEN to allow deployment to GitHub Pages
 permissions:
   contents: read
   pages: write
   id-token: write
 
-# Allow only one concurrent deployment, skipping runs queued between the run in-progress and latest queued.
-# However, do NOT cancel in-progress runs as we want to allow these production deployments to complete.
 concurrency:
   group: "pages"
   cancel-in-progress: false
 
 jobs:
-  # Build job
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      # Checkout repository
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Setup Node
+      # Setup Node.js environment
+      - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: "20"
-          cache: "npm" 
-
-      - name: Detect package manager
-        id: detect-package-manager
-        run: |
-          if [ -f "frontend/yarn.lock" ]; then
-            echo "manager=yarn" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "command=install" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "runner=yarn" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            exit 0
-          elif [ -f "frontend/package-lock.json" ]; then
-            echo "manager=npm" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "command=ci" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "runner=npx --no-install" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            exit 0
-          else
-            echo "Unable to determine package manager"
-            exit 1
-          fi
 
+      # Restore cache based on lock files inside the frontend directory
       - name: Restore cache
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
-          path: |
-            frontend/.next/cache
-          # Generate a new cache whenever packages or source files change.
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-nextjs-${{ hashFiles('frontend/**/package-lock.json', 'frontend/**/yarn.lock') }}-${{ hashFiles('frontend/**/*.[jt]s', 'frontend/**/*.[jt]sx') }}
-          # If source files changed but packages didn't, rebuild from a prior cache.
+          path: frontend/node_modules
+          # Generate a cache key based on the lock file inside frontend directory
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-node-${{ hashFiles('frontend/package-lock.json', 'frontend/yarn.lock') }}
           restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-nextjs-${{ hashFiles('frontend/**/package-lock.json', 'frontend/**/yarn.lock') }}-
+            ${{ runner.os }}-node-
 
+      # Install dependencies inside the frontend directory
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: ${{ steps.detect-package-manager.outputs.manager }} ${{ steps.detect-package-manager.outputs.command }}
-        working-directory: frontend
+        run: |
+          cd frontend
+          npm ci  # or 'yarn install' if you're using Yarn
 
-      - name: Build with Next.js
-        run: ${{ steps.detect-package-manager.outputs.runner }} next build
-        working-directory: frontend
+      # Build the Next.js application
+      - name: Build the app
+        run: |
+          cd frontend
+          npm run build  # or 'yarn build' if you're using Yarn
 
-      - name: Upload artifact
+      # Upload the built artifacts to be deployed to GitHub Pages
+      - name: Upload build output
         uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
         with:
-          path: frontend/out
+          path: frontend/out  # Adjust if your Next.js output path differs
 
-  # Deployment job
   deploy:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment:
       name: github-pages
       url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build
     steps:
       - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
         id: deployment