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

according to documentation:

1) put favicon.ico file into assets/images folder of jekyll project as assets/images/favicon.ico

2) create a _includes/head_custom.html file if not yet exists

3) add needed overriding content:

Done.