Browser sync does watch or reload when site directory name has structure username.github.io

[ddcech]

Issue details

• Name site directory username.github.io
• run browsersync: browser-sync start --server --files '**/*.html'
• Go to http://localhost:3000
• Change an html file - displays "connected to BrowserSync"
• Nothing changes, cli shows nothing new reloaded or changed

After changing the name of the directory, everything started working. After experimenting changing the name but some other name with two periods, it stopped working. So something tells me that is the issue.

Please specify which version of Browsersync, node and npm you're running

• Browsersync [ 2.23.3 ]
• Node [ 8.9.1 ]
• Npm [ 5.6.0 ]

Affected platforms

• linux
• windows
• [ x ] OS X
• freebsd
• solaris
• other (please specify which)

Browsersync use-case

• API
• Gulp
• Grunt
• [ x ] CLI

If CLI, please paste the entire command below

browser-sync start --server --files '**/*.html'