ci(deploy): deduplicate files and use symlinks

Deduplicate files and attempt to use relative symlinks for deployments.
This should dramatically reduce deployment sizes.

Signed-off-by: Randolph Sapp <rs@ti.com>

Author: StaticRocket

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Generate root index
         run: ./bin/root_index.py
 
+      - name: Deduplicate with rdfind and some help
+        run: |
+          apk add rdfind
+          rdfind -checksum sha256 -makesymlinks true -maxsize 0 \
+            -followsymlinks true -makeresultsfile false build/
+          ./bin/relink.py build/
+
       - name: Upload static files as single artifact
         uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
         with:

bin/relink.py

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+"""Script to quickly fix symlinks
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+Copyright (C) 2025 Texas Instruments Incorporated - https://www.ti.com
+"""
+
+import argparse
+from pathlib import Path
+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def relink(directory):
+    """Relink everything in the given directory to be relative
+
+    :param directory: Pathlib path to directory that is to be processed
+    """
+    directory = directory.absolute()
+    for path in directory.glob("**/*"):
+        if path.is_symlink():
+            logger.info("Processing link: %s", path)
+
+            real_target = path.resolve()
+            logger.info("Real target:     %s", real_target)
+
+            new_target = real_target.relative_to(path.parent, walk_up=True)
+            logger.info("New target:      %s", new_target)
+
+            path.unlink()
+            path.symlink_to(new_target)
+
+
+def main():
+    """Main processing loop"""
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        prog="relink.py", description="Symlink resolver to help rdfind"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("directory", type=Path)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    relink(args.directory)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()