does this work?

Author: austintdaigle

.github/workflows/custom-pages.yml

@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: List rendered files
         run: ls -la docs
 
-      # Deploy the rendered site to GitHub Pages (using the correct output directory)
+      # Deploy the rendered site to GitHub Pages (using the specified publish branch)
       - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
         uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v3
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           publish_dir: ./docs
+          publish_branch: gh-pages  # Change this if your GitHub Pages is configured to publish from a different branch