What is a .NOJEKYLL file?
A .NOJEKYLL file is a special kind of file that you use when you're making a website on GitHub Pages, which is a place on the internet where GitHub users can create and show websites for their projects or for themselves. This file is like a note to GitHub Pages saying, "Please don't use Jekyll to build my website." Jekyll is a tool that GitHub Pages often uses to put together websites before they go live on the internet. But sometimes, people don't want to use Jekyll for various reasons. For instance, if someone is using another tool like Pelican to make their website, they don't need Jekyll to interfere. So, they put a .NOJEKYLL file in the main folder of their website, and this tells GitHub Pages to skip the Jekyll part.
The .NOJEKYLL file itself doesn't have any information or content in it. It's just there to give this specific instruction. To work with a .NOJEKYLL file, you don't really "open" it in the traditional sense, like you would with a document or an image. Since it's just a signal to GitHub Pages, you just need to make sure it's in the right place in your website's files. However, if you're managing your website's files through a program, you would use GitHub Desktop. GitHub Desktop is a program that helps you manage your files and changes on GitHub, including adding a .NOJEKYLL file to your project.
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