Upload wheels to wheels branch

Author: lshaw8317

.github/workflows/wasm.yml

@@ -49,30 +49,45 @@ jobs:
         # Testing is automatically made by cibuildwheel
         run: cibuildwheel --platform pyodide
 
-      - name: Move wheels into /wheels directory for GitHub Pages and trigger gh pages redeploy
+      - name: Publish wheels to orphan `wheels` branch
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          # Switch to real branch
-          git fetch origin main
-          git checkout main
-          git pull
 
-          # Copy new wheels
+          # Create a fresh working directory
+          rm -rf wheels-branch
+          mkdir wheels-branch
+          cd wheels-branch
+
+          # Fetch existing wheels branch if it exists
+          git init
+          git remote add origin https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git
+          git fetch origin wheels || true
+
+          # Create an orphan branch (separate history)
+          git checkout --orphan wheels
+
+          # Clear all files in branch
+          git reset --hard
+
+          # Add wheels
           mkdir -p wheels
-          rm -f wheels/*.whl || true
-          cp wheelhouse/*.whl wheels/
+          cp ../wheelhouse/*.whl wheels/
 
-          echo "Copied wheels:"
+          echo "Wheels to publish:"
           ls -lh wheels/
 
           # Commit
           git config user.name "GitHub Actions"
           git config user.email "[email protected]"
 
-          git add -f wheels
+          git add wheels
+          git commit -m "Update wheels for release ${{ github.ref_name }}"
+
+          # Force push as this branch always resets
+          git push origin wheels --force
 
-          git commit -a -m "Update wheels for release ${{ github.ref_name }}"
-          git push origin main
 
 # This is not working yet
 #      - name: Upload wheel to release