maybe you should take a look at: https://github.com/SimonWaldherr/BookTemplate
This repository explains how to automate the process of converting LaTeX documents to PDFs or DjVu-Files. You need no special software, everything gets done online.
Dealing with TeX + PDF on GitHub (or other online repository hosting services) leads mostly to various problems, e.g.:
- having large binary files in a git repo (PDFs)
- having old files, large gap between source and PDF
- need of a local tex installation to update the PDF
the alternative is to only publish the LaTeX source, which has other problems:
- no preview on GitHub
- no preview after download
- no way to see the completed document on devices without TeX (e.g. mobile)
and what is the solution?
- building the binary files (PDF + DjVu) on a Server
- save the files on publicly accessible servers (e.g. as GitHub Release)
- link to the files from the README
Download the PDF from the latest Release.
