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+name: Deploy docs to GitHub Pages
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  workflow_dispatch:
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pages: write
+  id-token: write
+concurrency:
+  group: pages
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    environment:
+      name: github-pages
+      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: install Zig
+        uses: mlugg/setup-zig@v1
+        with:
+          version: 0.14.0
+      - name: build docs
+        run: |
+          zig build-lib -femit-docs src/notmuch.zig
+      - name: setup pages
+        uses: actions/configure-pages@v5
+      - name: upload artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          path: ./docs
+      - name: deploy to github pages
+        id: deployment
+        uses: action/deploy-pages@v4
+        
+