Update workflows

Use requirements.txt to install dependencies
Adds new workflow that uses the sparse checkout attribute to reduce the build time

Author: santaimpersonator

.github/workflows/build_documentation.yml

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: 3.x
 
       - name: Install Python dependencies
-        run: pip install mkdocs-monorepo-plugin mkdocs-redirects mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin mkdocs-git-committers-plugin-2 Pillow 'mkdocs-material[imaging]'
+        run: pip install -r requirements.txt
 
       - name: Set up build cache
         run: echo "cache_id=$(date --utc '+%V')" >> $GITHUB_ENV

.github/workflows/update_documentation.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+name: Build Documentation
+
+# Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    branches: ["main"]
+
+# Allows this workflow to run automatically on pushes/commits
+# on:
+#   push:
+#     branches: ["main"]
+
+# Sets permissions of the GITHUB_TOKEN to allow files to be committed to gh-pages branch
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            docs/modules.md
+            docs/carriers.md
+            docs/system_overview.md
+            docs/resources.md
+            flex_boards/
+            overrides/.icons/
+
+      - name: Update submodules
+        run: |
+          git submodule update --init --recursive
+          git submodule update --recursive --remote
+
+      - name: Install pgnquant for optimize plugin
+        run: sudo apt-get install pngquant
+
+      - name: Set up Python runtime
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.x
+
+      - name: Install Python dependencies
+        run: pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+      - name: Set up build cache
+        run: echo "cache_id=$(date --utc '+%V')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          key: mkdocs-material-${{ env.cache_id }}
+          path: .cache
+          restore-keys: |
+            mkdocs-material-
+
+      - name: Install Insiders build
+        env:
+          MKDOCS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MKDOCS_SECRET }}
+        run: pip install git+https://${MKDOCS_TOKEN}@github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material-insiders.git
+      - run: mkdocs gh-deploy --force

requirements.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+mkdocs-monorepo-plugin
+mkdocs-redirects
+mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin
+mkdocs-git-committers-plugin-2
+Pillow