GitHub Pages aggressively caches static files (HTML, CSS, JS), which can sometimes prevent updates from appearing immediately. Since GitHub does not support .htaccess for direct cache control, you must use alternative methods.
- ❌ No, if you did not enable Jekyll when setting up GitHub Pages.
- ✅ Yes, if your repository contains
_config.yml,_layouts/,_includes/, or_posts/, as GitHub Pages will assume it's a Jekyll site. - 📂 Creating a
.nojekyllfile in your repo prevents GitHub from processing files as a Jekyll site but is unnecessary for pure HTML/CSS sites.