How to disable redirects.json?

[TWiStErRob]

Re #147
I updated from an older Jekyll version and now my site has an extra redirects.json file. That lurks into sitemap and rss feed.

Question is simple how can I disable generating that file?

I tried this without luck:

exclude:
  - redirects.json

[TWiStErRob]

also tried (with and without slash)

defaults:
  -
    scope:
      path: '/redirects.json'
    values:
      sitemap: false

[TWiStErRob]

@benbalter @DirtyF do you need some info on this?

[pathawks]

I am unable to reproduce this issue in our CI suite. The following test already passes:

jekyll-redirect-from/spec/integrations_spec.rb

Lines 88 to 91 in 6f80c6b

	it "doesn't contain redirects.json" do
	expect(contents).to_not be_nil
	expect(contents).to_not match("redirects.json")
	end

[TWiStErRob]

Hmm, I'll have to double check and create a repro then.

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[KasparEtter]

Can we please reopen this issue? I don't know much about Ruby and haven't studied the code of this plugin but the following line suggests to me that the file redirects.json is created whenever it doesn't exist without an option to switch this off:

jekyll-redirect-from/lib/jekyll-redirect-from/generator.rb

Line 25 in 21d18e0

generate_redirects_json

I want to be able to redirect certain pages without exposing all redirected pages to the public. While creating an empty redirect.json in the "source directory" solves this, it isn't a particularly elegant solution.

[smkelly]

A workaround for this can be accomplished by:

• Create a redirects.json file. Mine is blank.
• Add redirects.json to "exclude" In _config.yaml

The first step makes this plugin not generate a destination file since a source one exists. The second step tells Jekyll to not spit out your redirects.json in your destination directory.

Ideally, this plugin should have an option to make this call optional.

[ashmaroli]

Y'all are welcome to submit a Pull Request.

[dmalan]

We were just trying to disable this as well, actually. Here's one possible option, #207!