Add GitHub Actions workflow for production deployment

Author: rmodi6

.github/workflows/deploy-production.yml

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+name: Deploy Production Site  
+ 
+# Trigger on pushes to the main branch  
+on:  
+  push:  
+    branches: [ "main" ]  
+ 
+jobs:  
+  build-and-deploy:  
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest  
+    steps:  
+      # Step 1: Check out the code from the main branch  
+      - name: Checkout main  
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4   
+ 
+      # Step 2: Deploy to gh-pages branch (root directory)  
+      - name: Deploy to Production  
+        uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v4  
+        with:  
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}  # Auto-generated by GitHub  
+          publish_branch: gh-pages                  # Branch to deploy to  
+          publish_dir: .                            # Directory with built files (use _site for Jekyll/Hugo)  
+          destination_dir: .                        # Deploy to root of gh-pages  
+          force_orphan: true                        # Keep gh-pages clean (only built files)