Questions tagged [rfc5785]

A convention for site-wide metadata based on resources at well-known paths in HTTP(s) URIs.

RFC 5785 explains

this memo defines a path prefix in HTTP(S) URIs for these "well-known locations", "/.well-known/". Future specifications that need to define a resource for such site-wide metadata can register their use to avoid collisions and minimise impingement upon sites' URI space.

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How can one get github pages to serve dot files like RFC5785's /.well-known/?

I've got a documentation website populated from the Github master branch for my documentation project. I'd like https://mydomain/.well-known/security.txt to serve the file under tree/master/.well-known/security.txt per securitytxt.org which…
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