- name: Clones your git repo 
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Clones Pandoc template repo
        run: |
          git clone https://github.com/igor-lirussi/pandoc-uikit

      - name: Pandoc tex conversion
        uses: docker://pandoc/latex:latest
        with:
          args: >-
            -d ./pandoc-uikit/config.yaml 
            -o ./index.html 
            main.tex

      - name: Commit the new gh-pages html
        run: |
          git add ./index.html  #save it from clean
          git commit -m "Invisible commit"  #to allow the checkout later without files in staging area
          rm -rdf pandoc-uikit/.git*    #removes .github folder of pandoc otherwise it does NOT get deleted by clean
          git clean -fxd    #removes tracked files uncommitted (log generated by the docker, the /pandoc-uikit repo, ...
          git checkout gh-pages
          # delete everything
          git rm -rf .
          git clean -fxd
          #get again this repo
          git clone https://github.com/igor-lirussi/pandoc-uikit
          rm -rdf pandoc-uikit/.git*
          #get also the folders needed from the main branch
          git checkout -f main Extra
          git checkout -f main index.html
          git status
          # git cherry-pick main, alternatives
          git add .
          git commit -m 'Updated gh-pages'
          git push