ci: remove README auto-update steps to prevent merge conflicts on push

Author: actions-user

.github/workflows/nextjs-static-gh-pages.yml

@@ -26,27 +26,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: 🧹 Strip stale deployment markers from README
-        if: github.event_name == 'push'
-        run: |
-          if [ -f README.md ] && grep -q '<!-- DEPLOYMENT-URL:START -->' README.md; then
-            echo "Stripping stale deployment markers from README..."
-            # Remove everything between markers (inclusive), handling duplicates
-            sed -i '/<!-- DEPLOYMENT-URL:START -->/,/<!-- DEPLOYMENT-URL:END -->/d' README.md
-            # Also clean up any git conflict markers that might be left over
-            sed -i '/^<<<<<<</d; /^=======/d; /^>>>>>>>/d' README.md
-            # Remove resulting double-blank-lines
-            sed -i '/^$/N;/^\n$/d' README.md
-            if ! git diff --quiet README.md; then
-              git config user.name "github-actions"
-              git config user.email "github-actions@github.com"
-              git add README.md
-              git commit -m "ci: clean stale deployment markers from README [skip ci]"
-              git push
-              echo "Cleaned up stale deployment markers."
-            fi
-          fi
-
       - name: 🔧 Set deployment variables
         id: vars
         run: |
@@ -210,73 +189,7 @@ jobs:
               });
             }
 
-      - name: 📝 Update README with deployment URL
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
-        with:
-          script: |
-            const owner = context.repo.owner;
-            const repo = context.repo.repo;
-            const branch = '${{ steps.vars.outputs.branch }}';
-            const previewUrl = '${{ steps.vars.outputs.preview_url }}';
-            const sha = context.sha.substring(0, 7);
-            const date = new Date().toISOString().split('T')[0];
-
-            // Fetch current README from the source branch
-            let readmeData;
-            try {
-              readmeData = await github.rest.repos.getContent({
-                owner, repo, path: 'README.md', ref: branch,
-              });
-            } catch (e) {
-              console.log('No README.md found, skipping update.');
-              return;
-            }
-
-            const content = Buffer.from(readmeData.data.content, 'base64').toString('utf8');
-
-            const marker = {
-              start: '<!-- DEPLOYMENT-URL:START -->',
-              end: '<!-- DEPLOYMENT-URL:END -->',
-            };
-
-            const section = [
-              marker.start,
-              `🌐 **Live Preview:** [${previewUrl}](${previewUrl})`,
-              `<sub>Deployed from \`${sha}\` on ${date}</sub>`,
-              marker.end,
-            ].join('\n');
-
-            let updated;
-            if (content.includes(marker.start)) {
-              // Replace existing section
-              const re = new RegExp(
-                `${marker.start}[\\s\\S]*?${marker.end}`,
-              );
-              updated = content.replace(re, section);
-            } else {
-              // Insert after the first heading line
-              const lines = content.split('\n');
-              const headingIdx = lines.findIndex(l => l.startsWith('# '));
-              if (headingIdx !== -1) {
-                lines.splice(headingIdx + 1, 0, '', section, '');
-                updated = lines.join('\n');
-              } else {
-                updated = section + '\n\n' + content;
-              }
-            }
-
-            if (updated !== content) {
-              await github.rest.repos.createOrUpdateFileContents({
-                owner, repo, path: 'README.md',
-                message: `docs: update deployment URL for ${branch} [skip ci]`,
-                content: Buffer.from(updated).toString('base64'),
-                sha: readmeData.data.sha,
-                branch,
-              });
-              console.log(`README updated with preview URL: ${previewUrl}`);
-            }
-
-      - name: 📌 Update PR description with preview URL
+      - name:  Update PR description with preview URL
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
           script: |

README.md

@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 
 [![Deploy Next.js Docker App](https://github.com/codebuilderinc/codebuilder-frontend/actions/workflows/deploy.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/codebuilderinc/codebuilder-frontend/actions/workflows/deploy.yml) [![Deploy Static Next.js to GitHub Pages](https://github.com/codebuilderinc/codebuilder-frontend/actions/workflows/nextjs-static-gh-pages.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/codebuilderinc/codebuilder-frontend/actions/workflows/nextjs-static-gh-pages.yml)
 
-<!-- DEPLOYMENT-URL:START -->
-🌐 **Live Preview:** [https://dev.codebuilder.org/preview/feature-new-pages-and-ui-improvements/](https://dev.codebuilder.org/preview/feature-new-pages-and-ui-improvements/)
-<sub>Deployed from `6243f24` on 2026-04-02</sub>
-<!-- DEPLOYMENT-URL:END -->
-
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