Merge pull request #715 from fitzgen/continuous-integration-instructions

user guide: Add instructions for running `mdbook` in CI

book-example/src/SUMMARY.md

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         - [Editor](format/theme/editor.md)
     - [MathJax Support](format/mathjax.md)
     - [mdBook specific features](format/mdbook.md)
+- [Continuous Integration](continuous-integration.md)
 - [For Developers](for_developers/README.md)
     - [Preprocessors](for_developers/preprocessors.md)
     - [Alternate Backends](for_developers/backends.md)

book-example/src/continuous-integration.md

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+# Running `mdbook` in Continuous Integration
+
+While the following examples use Travis CI, their principles should
+straightforwardly transfer to other continuous integration providers as well.
+
+## Ensuring Your Book Builds and Tests Pass
+
+Here is a sample Travis CI `.travis.yml` configuration that ensures `mdbook
+build` and `mdbook test` run successfully. The key to fast CI turnaround times
+is caching `mdbook` installs, so that you aren't compiling `mdbook` on every CI
+run.
+
+```yaml
+language: rust
+sudo: false
+
+cache:
+  - cargo
+
+rust:
+  - stable
+
+before_script:
+  - (test -x $HOME/.cargo/bin/cargo-install-update || cargo install cargo-update)
+  - (test -x $HOME/.cargo/bin/mdbook || cargo install --vers "^0.1" mdbook)
+  - cargo install-update -a
+
+script:
+  - cd path/to/mybook && mdbook build && mdbook test
+```
+
+## Deploying Your Book to GitHub Pages
+
+Following these instructions will result in your book being published to GitHub
+pages after a successful CI run on your repository's `master` branch.
+
+First, create a new GitHub oauth token with the "public_repo" permissions (or
+"repo" for private repositories). Go to your repository's Travis CI settings
+page and add an environment variable named `GITHUB_TOKEN` that is marked secure
+and *not* shown in the logs.
+
+Then, add this snippet to your `.travis.yml`:
+
+```yaml
+deploy:
+  provider: pages
+  skip-cleanup: true
+  github-token: $GITHUB_TOKEN
+  local-dir: path/to/mybook/book
+  keep-history: false
+  on:
+    branch: master
+```
+
+That's it!