chore (deployment): reverted deploy action

Author: itsskofficial

.github/workflows/deploy.yaml

@@ -1,35 +1,43 @@
+# .github/workflows/deploy.yml
 name: Deploy to Staging VM
 
 on:
+  # This section defines when the workflow will run.
   push:
     branches:
-      - staging
+      - staging # Trigger on every push to the "staging" branch.
 
 jobs:
   deploy:
+    # The job will run on a fresh virtual machine provided by GitHub.
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      # This is the main step that does the work.
       - name: Deploy over SSH
+        # It uses a pre-made Action from the community to simplify SSH.
         uses: appleboy/ssh-action@master
         with:
+          # These values are securely pulled from your GitHub Secrets.
           host: ${{ secrets.VM_HOST }}
           username: ${{ secrets.VM_USER }}
           key: ${{ secrets.VM_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          port: 22
-          script: |
-            echo "🔐 Reinjecting public key..."
-            mkdir -p ~/.ssh
-            echo "${{ secrets.VM_SSH_PUBLIC_KEY }}" >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
-            chmod 700 ~/.ssh
-            chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
 
-            echo "🚀 Starting deployment..."
+          # This is the script that the Action will run on your VM.
+          script: |
+            # Change to your project's directory on the VM.
             cd ~/sentient
+
+            # Pull the latest changes from the staging branch on GitHub.
             git pull origin staging
 
+            # Navigate into the server directory where your docker-compose file is.
             cd src/server
+
+            # Stop and remove the old containers.
             docker-compose down
+
+            # Build new images if the Dockerfile has changed, and start the new containers in the background.
             docker-compose up --build -d
 
-            echo "🧹 Cleaning up old images..."
+            # Optional: This cleans up any old, unused Docker images to save disk space.
             docker image prune -af