I've modified the auto generated gh-pages templates with a few edits converts it to simply read the README.md. This results in 5 files that are only for the gh-pages hosting, not part of my repo. And never change after the first edit & commit.
Is there a way for me to merge my local master, with its README.md, *into* the remote gh-pages branch? Without deleting the 5 "hosting" files? Or something at least very, very simple? TL;DR This post http://oli.jp/2011/github-pages-workflow/ discussed various mirroring and other stunts that help with gh-pages. One really nice idea was to simply push master directly *into* github's gh-pages using: git push -f origin master:gh-pages i.e. gh-pages = master + 5 files. Didn't seem to work, ended up with a 404 page (which I could repair via a push of my local gh-pages branch.) So I want to merge master, and its README.md into the remote gh-pages branch with its 5 additional, non-changing files, easily. Locally, in my working dir, I thought a simple merge master into gh-pages might work but it doesn't .. it removes the hosting 5 files. And anyway, I'd prefer the stunt above that builds the gh-pages once and then makes no further (local) changes to it. I could use the "mirror" approach, but I really don't want to include these 5 files in master, and clutter up master. Help?! Sorry my git-fu is minimal. -- Owen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.