Cleanup Github action to remove old contents of GitHubPages branch

.github/workflows/sync-wwwroot-to-GitHubPages.yml

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main  # Trigger on changes to the main branch
+  workflow_dispatch:  # Allows manual trigger of the workflow
 
 env:
   TARGET_BRANCH: GitHubPages  # Branch to push to
@@ -19,37 +20,38 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     # Step 1: Check out the code
     - name: Checkout main branch
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4  # Update to the latest version to avoid Node.js deprecation warning
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0  # Fetch all history so we can switch branches later
 
     # Step 2: Copy subfolder to a temporary directory
     - name: Copy Subfolder
       run: |
         mkdir -p subfolder_copy
-        cp -R $SUBFOLDER_PATH/* subfolder_copy/  # Use the variable for the subfolder path
+        cp -R $SUBFOLDER_PATH/* subfolder_copy/  # Recursive copy of files and folders
 
-    # Step 3: Checkout the target branch
-    - name: Checkout target branch
+    # Step 3: Checkout and clear the target branch
+    - name: Checkout and clear target branch
       run: |
         git config user.name "$GIT_USER_NAME"
         git config user.email "$GIT_USER_EMAIL"
-        git checkout -B $TARGET_BRANCH  # Use the target branch variable
+        git checkout -B $TARGET_BRANCH  # Checkout the target branch
+        rm -rf *  # Remove all files and folders in the target branch
 
-    # Step 4: Copy the content to the root of the target branch
+    # Step 4: Move Subfolder contents to the target branch
     - name: Move Subfolder to Target Branch
       run: |
-        cp -R subfolder_copy/* .  # Copies the content of subfolder_copy to the root of the target branch
+        cp -R subfolder_copy/* .  # Copy all files and subfolders from the subfolder_copy directory
         rm -rf subfolder_copy      # Clean up the temporary directory
 
     # Step 5: Generate Commit Message with Date-Time
     - name: Generate Commit Message with Date-Time
-      id: commit_message  # Set an ID to reference this step's outputs
+      id: commit_message
       run: echo "COMMIT_MESSAGE=$BASE_COMMIT_MESSAGE $(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
     # Step 6: Commit and push changes
     - name: Commit changes
       run: |
         git add .
-        git commit -m "$COMMIT_MESSAGE"  # Use the dynamic commit message
-        git push origin $TARGET_BRANCH  # Push to the target branch using the variable
+        git commit -m "$COMMIT_MESSAGE"
+        git push -f origin $TARGET_BRANCH  # Push to the target branch, using -f to force overwrite