This gist was partially inspired by this blog about Next.js Vercel CI with GitHub actions.
An easy way to deploy and host websites for free is to use GitHub pages. If you've deployed a Next.js project to GitHub pages, you may have used a GitHub action similar to this in the past to automatically redeploy the site when a new commit is pushed:
# gh-pages-merge.yml
name: Deploy to gh-pages on merge
on:
push:
If you're encountering ping github.com failing inside WSL with a Temporary failure in name resolution, you're not alone — this has been a long-standing issue, especially when using VPNs or corporate networks.
This issue is now fixed robustly with DNS tunneling, which preserves dynamic DNS behavior and avoids limitations like WSL’s former hard cap of 3 DNS servers in /etc/resolv.conf.
DNS tunneling is enabled by default in WSL version 2.2.1 and later, meaning that if you're still seeing DNS resolution issues, the first and most effective fix is simply to upgrade WSL. Upgrading WSL updates the WSL platform itself, but does not affect your installed Linux distributions, apps, or files.
To upgrade WSL, follow these steps,
This tutorial demonstrates how to use Google Apps Script to:
Create copies of the Google Sheet in the desired destination folder automatically at set intervals.
Append the time stamp with each backup file's name.
Adjust time trigger for backing up every day/hour/minute.
