Add Github action to automatically regenerate mkdocs

Author: peterjaap

.github/workflows/mkdocs.yml

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+name: Build and Deploy Documentation
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - 'mkdocs.yml'
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install mkdocs-material
+          pip install mkdocs
+
+      - name: Build documentation
+        run: mkdocs build
+
+      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
+        uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v3
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          publish_dir: ./site
+          publish_branch: gh-pages
+          full_commit_message: 'docs: update documentation'