Deploying to a static site host

Whether you choose Netlify, Vercel, Cloudflare Pages, or another platform, the process to deploy to a static site host begins with a GitHub repository.

Setting up a GitHub repository

Whether you’re starting from the code you’ve been working on since Chapter 1 or coming fresh and using the end directory from the GitHub repository, it will be best to move this directory to its own folder on your computer and initialize a new Git repository by running git init within the directory.

While the project files have a global .gitignore, this new project won’t have that available. Before moving forward, add a .gitignore file to the root of the new project. In this new file, add the following code to have your repository set up properly:

# Keep node modules out of GitHub and have them be fetched
  at build time
node_modules
# The site should be generated in our chosen platform, not
  stored in Git
_site

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