Is there a way to enable CORS on Github pages?

Question

I\'m hosting some JSON files on Github pages, but I am unable to use $.getJSON to retrieve them unless they come from the exact same domain.

Is there a

Answer 1

As a workaround one can use JSONP, but it's still slightly a pain because the files are static, and each one will need a unique callback method.

Another alternative would be to store the files in Gists and use the Github API which works with CORS.

A third possibility is to not store the files on Github pages and instead host them on an S3/Cloudfront distribution with CORS enabled.