"gh-pages" branch as subfolder in github

gh-pages-as-subfolder.sh

# Make your gitHub project. 
mkdir project
cd project/
git init
echo "# Project README file" > README.markdown
git add .
git commit -m "Project README added"
git remote add origin [email protected]:johndoe/project.git
git push origin master
 
# Make a new dist directory, and tell git to ignore it. 
mkdir dist
echo "dist/" > .gitignore
git add .
git commit -m ".gitignore dist/ folder (contains gh-pages branch)"
git push origin master
 
# Clone the whole project (master+gh-branch) into a new subdirectory
cd dist/
git clone [email protected]:johndoe/project.git .
git checkout -b gh-pages

# Ignore the warning. Get rid of master, leaving gh-branches.
git branch -d master

Demo: github.com/diogomoretti/project-test