As explained in this stack overflow comment, github pages does its own rendering of the site when it builds remotely. The _site folder contains a locally built version of the site that may or may not be up to date with the jekyll code, and causes irrelevant changes to be tracked.
As explained in this stack overflow comment, github pages does its own rendering of the site when it builds remotely. The _site folder contains a locally built version of the site that may or may not be up to date with the jekyll code, and causes irrelevant changes to be tracked.