+ [2014-10-16T17:07:59Z] gboone_18f Thanks for the pointer, that's similar to how jekyll-sitemap works
+ [2014-10-16T17:09:07Z] gboone_18f so strange, now the build is passing but the files are still deleted
+ [2014-10-16T17:12:13Z] gboone_18f it worked! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, @mchelen
+ [2014-10-16T17:13:09Z] gboone_18f fwiw, the path to add at `site.keep_files << ` should be relative to the `_site` directory
+ [2014-10-16T17:13:21Z] gboone_18f I think that was my mistake

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Posted by b-jazz in #jekyll at 2014-10-16T00:37:07Z

oops. so let me follow that up with a question. where is a good place to ask questions about Liquid?
+ [2014-10-17T01:29:43Z] parkr gboone_18f: you there?
+ [2014-10-17T01:30:29Z] parkr gboone_18f: what you should do is make your data_source a regular directory, no _
+ [2014-10-17T01:30:41Z] parkr in your _config.yml file, set data_source: api
+ [2014-10-17T01:30:48Z] parkr and put your .json files in your api/ folder.
+ [2014-10-17T01:30:59Z] parkr they'll be copied over as static files *and* read in as data.