Please add --nojekyll flag

[ianor]

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Which of these applies to you? (Select all that apply)

• I'm following the tutorial as-written from start to finish
• I'm using a custom domain (note: not covered in tutorial)
• I'm using React Router (note: not covered in tutorial)

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Which step of the tutorial do you want someone to help you with? (Select one)

• Step number: 5
• Something else

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I struggled for an hour to figure out why my app wasn't deploying, and it was because I 1) didn't have a Jekyll configuration, and 2) had not included a .nojekyll file in my build. So, the instructions as there are today didn't work out of the box, at least for me. Rather, gh-pages accepts a --nojekyll flag that tells it to add a .nojekyll file to the deploy.

So, if you update your Readme (step 5, sub-step 2) to + "deploy": "gh-pages -d build --nojekyll", then you will save others like me from falling into the same pit. Of course, feel free to link the documentation about Jekyll or anything else you like, but at least this will make your instructions work out of the box for others like me.

Thanks!

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