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I noticed a typo on http://dblock.github.io/dotnetinstaller/ . Judging by its URL it seems to be a GitHub Pages website, so I thought I would fix the typo via a GitHub pull request.

If I am not mistaken, the HTML for a http://xyz.github.io website is at https://github.com/xyz/xyz.github.com so I went to https://github.com/dblock/dblock.github.com .

Surprise: The HTML does not look to be the same at all. There is not even a dotnetinstaller folder.

What kind of magic is operating here?

Are my assumptions about how GitHub Pages work false?

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The correct link is https://github.com/dblock/dotnetinstaller/tree/gh-pages

Your assumption is not false but work only for User or Organisation page not for project page, so github.com/dblock/dblock.github.com is for dblock.github.io and dotnetinstaller (if it's not a folder of a User or Organisation page) is located at github.com/dblock/dotnetinstaller in the gh-pages branch.

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  • Unfortunately that repository does not seem to contain the string dotNetInstaller is a widely used, general-purpose setup bootstrapper for Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008 and Windows 7. which is visible on the left on the website...
    – nic
    Jan 23, 2014 at 3:26
  • Yes it is but code for project GitHub Pages is under "gh-pages" branch not "master". To switch between branchs click on button "branch: master" near a green button...
    – Fabrice Theytaz
    Jan 23, 2014 at 13:49
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Also, it is quite possible to have a GitHub page active (and public) for a private repository.

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