test fixes to github-pages-deploy-action

Author: robtaylor

.github/workflows/test-examples.yml

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
         run: pdm run coverage html
 
       - name: deploy to Github Pages
-        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@v4
+        uses: robtaylor/github-pages-deploy-action@f61c52120ed2ccffa2535865295bf853428c265d
         with:
           folder: '${{ env.test_repo_path }}/${{ matrix.repo.design }}/htmlcov/'
           branch: gh-pages