Unable to change source branch in GitHub Pages

Question

I have created a simple web site for GitHub Pages. The source of the site is in the \"master\" branch and the generated web site (what I want to see published) is under the \"gh

Answer 1

FWIW, this is the setup I used for publishing a personal page (i.e. https://user-name.github.io) using Next.js and gh-pages:

1. Create a different default branch in your repo to work in (e.g. develop)
2. Build a static export of your site: next build && next export
3. Put a .nojekyll marker file in the export directory: touch out/.nojekyll
4. Upload the static export to the master branch: gh-pages -t -b master -d out

You can bundle these commands in package.json to get a convenient yarn deploy command:

scripts: {
  ...
  "build": "next build",
  "export": "yarn run build && next export",
  "deploy": "yarn export && touch out/.nojekyll && gh-pages -t -b master -d out"
  ...