use requirements.txt

.github/workflows/buildOnly.yml

@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install mkdocs
-        pip install mkdocs-material
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
     - name: build mkdocs
       run: |
         ln -sf ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/README.md ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/docs/index.md

.github/workflows/publishAndBuild.yml

@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install mkdocs
-        pip install mkdocs-material
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
     - name: build mkdocs and deploy to gh-pages
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Makefile

@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ BASEDIR=$(CURDIR)
 DOCDIR=$(BASEDIR)/docs
 
 install:
-	pip install mkdocs
-	pip install mkdocs-material
+	pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 link:
 	ln -sf $(BASEDIR)/README.md $(DOCDIR)/index.md

requirements.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+mkdocs
+mkdocs-material