rake setup github pages

Question

I am having trouble when I setup github pages with octopress. Thanks for your help!

Exception

$ rake setup_github_pages

rake aborted!
NoMethodError: undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass
D:/octopress/Rakefile:322:in `block in <top (required)>'
Tasks: TOP => setup_github_pages
(See full trace by running task with --trace)
## Set the codepage to 65001 for Windows machines
Enter the read/write url for your repository
(For example, '[email protected]:your_username/your_username.github.io.git)
       or 'https://github.com/your_username/your_username.github.io')
Repository url:

Answer 1

You simply need to add your repo on the last line, ignore the errors above.

Once you set it up use the rake deploy to upload it to your github account.
You are problem on windows and this is why you get the error.

Here is how to fix it on windows:

https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/issues/1835