Isolate all posts so you can work on the styling and other pages.

Octopress\Rakefile

# add this to your Rakefile for your Jekyll or Octopress source.
# you can then call it like this:
#
# $ rake isolate_posts
#
# remember, do NOT 'git add .' because your posts will be deleted (stashed) in
# a git-ignored directory!
#
# when you are ready to commit, the workflow should be like:
#
# $ rake integrate
# $ git add .
# $ git commit -m "blah"
#
desc "Move all posts to a temporary stash location (stash) so regenerating the site happens much more quickly."
task :isolate_posts do
  stash_dir = "#{source_dir}/#{stash_dir}"
  FileUtils.mkdir(stash_dir) unless File.exist?(stash_dir)
  Dir.glob("#{source_dir}/#{posts_dir}/*.*") do |post|
    FileUtils.mv post, stash_dir
  end
end