| # Deploying to GitHub Pages | |
| This example supports deploying a statically exported Next.js application to GitHub Pages. | |
| The `out` directory should not be ignored by version control. | |
| ## How to use | |
| Execute [`create-next-app`](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/tree/canary/packages/create-next-app) with [npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/init), [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/cli/create/), or [pnpm](https://pnpm.io) to bootstrap the example: | |
| ```bash | |
| npx create-next-app --example github-pages github-pages-app | |
| ``` | |
| ```bash | |
| yarn create next-app --example github-pages github-pages-app | |
| ``` | |
| ```bash | |
| pnpm create next-app --example github-pages github-pages-app | |
| ``` | |
| ### Deploy to GitHub Pages | |
| 1. Create a new public GitHub repository. | |
| 1. Edit `next.config.js` to match your GitHub repository name: | |
| - Given the pattern `https://github.com/<user>/<repo>`, update your `basePath` config to `/repo`. | |
| 1. Push the starter code to the `main` branch. | |
| 1. Run the `deploy` script (e.g. `npm run deploy`) to create the `gh-pages` branch. | |
| 1. On GitHub, go to **Settings** > **Pages** > **Branch**, and choose `gh-pages` as the branch with the `/root` folder. Hit **Save**. | |
| 1. Make a change. | |
| 1. Run the `deploy` script again to push the changes to GitHub Pages. | |
| Congratulations! You should have a URL like: | |
| ```bash | |
| https://<github-user-name>.github.io/<github-project-name>/ | |
| ``` | |