Build Site with GitHub Actions

[the-mayer]

Overview

This PR updates the project environment by cleaning up the renv setup and upgrading to R v4.5.1. It also introduces a GitHub Action to automatically build and deploy the site whenever changes are pushed to the main branch. Addresses #13 .

Details

• Removed the docs folder and added it to .gitignore to keep the repository root cleaner.
  • Local site previews can still be run with quarto preview.
• GitHub Actions now build the site using R v4.5.1, consistent with the version recorded in the renv lockfile.

Developer Notes

• When adding new libraries, run renv::snapshot() and commit the updated lockfile.

Breaking Changes

• Repository settings must be updated so GitHub Pages deploys from the gh-pages branch.
• The gh-pages branch may need to be initialized before deployment.