Unable to set favicon using Jekyll and github pages

Question

I am trying to set a favicon.ico for my github page, but it doesn\'t work. When I serve it locally I see the standard \"empty\" favicon and when I push it I see

Answer 1

I believe, currently, the correct way to do this is:

Assuming you are using a png. The following also worked for me with a .ico instead of .png:

I was working with Chrome on Linux. Neither Excalibur Zero's answer or Ribtoks answer worked for me.