how to publish jekyll website to github pages

Question

i'm in trouble managing git with my jekyll project, I do not understand how to work with jekyll, git and gitub pages. My repo is here: https://github.com/smorele/smorele.github.io My website content (the _site folder) should be served but it's the index.html from the root which is used. As explained in the differents ressources i've read, i've created a gh-pages branch but I do not undertand what is the usage.

My questions:

• how to serve the _site repository ?
• what is the git process when I create a new page ? How do I have to manage branchs ?

Thanks a lot

Answer 1

I checked your repo link and it's either private or it doesn't exist. I checked your other repos and it looks like you're trying to host your coaching site on github pages (https://github.com/smorele/coaching). You need a few things:

1. Include your repo name in the baseurl variable in the config.yml file
2. Use your gh-pages branch as your publushing github page in settings

Answer 2

You don't need the gh-pages branch anymore. Just go to Settings, scroll to GitHub Pages and set the dropdown to 'master' where it says:

Source
Your GitHub Pages site is currently being built from the '[...]' branch. Learn more.

That is all!

Answer 3

You can check out https://technokami.in/setup-github-pages-site-with-free-domain where I try to explain exactly this :)