Enable gh-pages testing if explicitly added to .travis.yml

lib/travis/model/request/approval.rb

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def accepted?
         !repository.private? &&
         !rails_fork? &&
         !skipped? &&
-        !github_pages?
+        (github_pages_explicitly_enabled? || !github_pages?)
     end
 
     def approved?
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ def skipped?
         commit.message.to_s =~ /\[ci(?: |:)([\w ]*)\]/i && $1.downcase == 'skip'
       end
 
+      def github_pages_explicitly_enabled?
+        request.config &&
+          request.config['branches'] &&
+          request.config['branches']['only'] &&
+          request.config['branches']['only'].grep(/gh[-_]pages/i)
+      end
+
       def github_pages?
         commit.ref =~ /gh[-_]pages/i
       end

spec/travis/model/request/approval_spec.rb

@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@
       request.commit.stubs(:ref).returns('gh_pages')
       approval.should_not be_accepted
     end
+
+    it 'accepts a request that belongs to the github_pages branch and is explicitly set to build that branch' do
+      request.commit.stubs(:ref).returns('gh_pages')
+      request.stubs(:config).returns({'branches' => {'only' => ['gh_pages']}})
+      approval.should be_accepted
+    end
   end
 
   describe 'approved?' do