Updating check for changes in the code

.github/workflows/build-search.yaml

@@ -19,19 +19,22 @@ concurrency:
   group: "pages"
   cancel-in-progress: false
 
-
 jobs:
   buildSearch:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ ! contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'Automate update') }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         # Uses the private access token from above link
         with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
           token: ${{ secrets.GH_SUBMODULE_SECRET }}
 
+      - name: Restore timestamps
+        uses: chetan/git-restore-mtime-action@v1
+
       - name: Pull latest changes
-        run: git pull origin main
+        run: git pull origin main -X theirs
 
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
@@ -44,23 +47,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build search
         run: npm run search
 
-      # Check if there are any changes before attempting to commit and push changes
-      - name: Check for changes
-        id: check_changes
-        run: |
-          git diff --exit-code
-          if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-            echo "No changes to commit."
-            echo "::set-output name=changes::false"
-          else
-            echo "::set-output name=changes::true"
-          fi
-
       - name: Commit & push changes
         run: |
           git config --global user.email "actions@github.com"
           git config --global user.name "GitHub Actions - build search index"
           git status
           git add .
-          git commit -m "Update site-search-data.json"
-          git push origin main
+          git commit -m "Automate update site-search-data.json"
+          git push origin main

gulpfile.js

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ function createIndex(path, statsSync) {
                         if (h.textContent != 'Table of Contents' && !searchDict[title+urlPath]) {
                             content += `{
                                 "title": "${title}",
-                                "mod": "${statsSync.mtime}",
+                                "mod": "${statsSync.trim()}",
                                 "tag": "${tag}",
                                 "tagId": "${h.getAttribute('id')}",
                                 "path": "/${urlPath.replace('.md', '.html')}"
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ function createIndex(path, statsSync) {
         } catch(e) {
             console.error('Index error: ', path, e)
         }    
-    });
+    }); 
 }
 
 function getAllFilesRecursively(directoryPath) {
@@ -183,16 +183,14 @@ function getAllFilesRecursively(directoryPath) {
 
     for (let f of filePaths) {
         if ( f.indexOf('.html') > -1 || f.indexOf('.md') > -1 ) {
-            let statsSync = {}
             try {
-                statsSync = fs.statSync(f)
+                exec('git log -1 --format="%ad" -- '+f, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
+                    createIndex(f, stdout)
+                })
             } 
             catch (err) {
                 console.error('Error getting file stats synchronously:', err);
-            }
-
-            createIndex(f, statsSync)
-
+            }   
         }
     }