coatless, Thanks to a StackOverflow question, I've outlined a method for deploying shiny live apps straight to GitHub Pages from a repository. This approach bypasses storing the converted app within the repo by integrating a GitHub Pages deployment step into the GitHub Action worker, which keeps the repo history focused on only the shiny app source.
Check it out:
👉 https://github.com/coatless-tutorials/convert-shiny-app-r-shinylive