# Commited file looks un-commited after I run jekyll serve

**URL:** <https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/commited-file-looks-un-commited-after-i-run-jekyll-serve/6235>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [July 12, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/commited-file-looks-un-commited-after-i-run-jekyll-serve/6235 "2021-07-12T16:01:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Borek78](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/borek78/32/3733_2.png) [@Borek78](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/Borek78)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/commited-file-looks-un-commited-after-i-run-jekyll-serve/6235/1 "2021-07-12T16:01:56Z")

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Hi,

I have commited a file. But when I run jekyll serve the file becomes un-commited again.

The name of the file is feed.xml. The file is in the \_site folder.

\_site/feed.xml

Jekyll is rebuilding the pages after jekyll serve. I think, that is where the problem is.

I have made a video about the issue. I apologize for the bad sound.

[![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/jekyllrb/original/2X/5/55a6c62556922600f38bb7b71d55668e6d74ec5a.jpeg "Commited file needs to be commited again after I run jekyll serve") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn4Eh_f3cnE)

I would really appreciate any comment and support.

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**Author:** ![rdyar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/rdyar/32/710_2.png) [@rdyar](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/rdyar)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/commited-file-looks-un-commited-after-i-run-jekyll-serve/6235/2 "2021-07-12T16:46:11Z")

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you never do anything to the files in the \_site folder - they get wiped out every time jekyll runs. You need to edit the same file in the root of the project.

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**Author:** ![MichaelCurrin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/michaelcurrin/32/2340_2.png) [@MichaelCurrin](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/MichaelCurrin)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/commited-file-looks-un-commited-after-i-run-jekyll-serve/6235/3 "2021-07-15T21:48:58Z")

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Run

```auto
jekyll new my-repo

```

To set up a new project

Or clone my one and run it

> <https://github.com/MichaelCurrin/jekyll-blog-demo/blob/master/.gitignore>

Note that nothing in `_site` is in the repo and the directory name appears on .gitignore

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**Author:** ![TerminalAddict](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/terminaladdict/32/1300_2.png) [@TerminalAddict](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/TerminalAddict)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/commited-file-looks-un-commited-after-i-run-jekyll-serve/6235/4 "2021-07-17T00:33:31Z")

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