Summary - GitHub Pages

Combine the Pages steps to publish a site.

The Pages publishing flow

Publishing a site with GitHub Pages goes through three steps: create the static files, add them to the gh-pages branch, and link the custom domain with CNAME. Each commit updates the site. When this flow is done your site goes live on the web.

echo "merhaba" > index.html
git add index.html
git commit -q -m "site"

Exercise Publish the site

Create index.html with merhaba inside and save it quietly. Open the gh-pages branch; create a CNAME file containing the domain www.ornek.com. Add both files and save quietly. Print the contents of CNAME and index.html at the end.

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git init -q
echo "merhaba" > index.html
git add index.html
git commit -q -m "ilk"
git checkout -q -b gh-pages
echo "www.ornek.com" > CNAME
git add CNAME index.html
git commit -q -m "yayin"
cat CNAME
cat index.html

Test yourself

What is done when publishing a site with GitHub Pages?
- The files are kept only on the local machine
- The files are committed on the gh-pages branch
- The repository is created from scratch
- All branches are deleted
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The files are committed on the gh-pages branch — When you commit the site files on the gh-pages branch, GitHub Pages publishes those files.

Stage the files

git add index.html ____

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git add index.html CNAME

Pages summary

site_content

The page contents of the site
root_folder

Where publishing begins
publish_flow

The order the steps are applied
domain_setup

Links a domain to the site

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