Can I have non-html/md files in a rendered collection? - jekyll

Question

I have a writing collection in my Jekyll site, and I have output set to true, because I want all the .md and .html files rendered. However, there are some .js and .css files as well, which I'd like Jekyll to just serve up as normal.
I'm getting this error
undefined method `data' for #<Jekyll::StaticFile:0x00000104d8bb70>
and I believe it's because Jekyll is trying to parse out the js/css files.
Is it possible to have static files served up normally within my collections?
Update Here's the full trace:
Configuration file: project/_config.yml
Source: project
Destination: project/_site
Generating...
Unable to find a valid configuration: sass_path=project/_compass
~/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/jekyll-redirect-from-0.6.2/lib/jekyll-redirect-from/redirector.rb:38:in `has_alt_urls?': undefined method `data' for #<Jekyll::StaticFile:0x000001035f8f58> (NoMethodError)
from ~/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/jekyll-redirect-from-0.6.2/lib/jekyll-redirect-from/redirector.rb:14:in `block in generate_alt_urls'
from ~/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/jekyll-redirect-from-0.6.2/lib/jekyll-redirect-from/redirector.rb:13:in `each'
from ~/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/jekyll-redirect-from-0.6.2/lib/jekyll-redirect-from/redirector.rb:13:in `generate_alt_urls'
from ~/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/jekyll-redirect-from-0.6.2/lib/jekyll-redirect-from/redirector.rb:9:in `generate'
from ~/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/jekyll-2.4.0/lib/jekyll/site.rb:251:in `block in generate'
from ~/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/jekyll-2.4.0/lib/jekyll/site.rb:250:in `each'
from ~/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/jekyll-2.4.0/lib/jekyll/site.rb:250:in `generate'
from ~/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/jekyll-2.4.0/lib/jekyll/site.rb:45:in `process'
from ~/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/jekyll-2.4.0/lib/jekyll/command.rb:28:in `process_site'
from ~/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/jekyll-2.4.0/lib/jekyll/commands/build.rb:55:in `build'
from ~/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/jekyll-2.4.0/lib/jekyll/commands/build.rb:33:in `process'
from ~/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/jekyll-2.4.0/lib/jekyll/commands/build.rb:17:in `block (2 levels) in init_with_program'
from ~/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/mercenary-0.3.4/lib/mercenary/command.rb:220:in `call'
from ~/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/mercenary-0.3.4/lib/mercenary/command.rb:220:in `block in execute'
from ~/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/mercenary-0.3.4/lib/mercenary/command.rb:220:in `each'
from ~/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/mercenary-0.3.4/lib/mercenary/command.rb:220:in `execute'
from ~/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/mercenary-0.3.4/lib/mercenary/program.rb:35:in `go'
from ~/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/mercenary-0.3.4/lib/mercenary.rb:22:in `program'
from ~/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/jekyll-2.4.0/bin/jekyll:18:in `<top (required)>'
from ~/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1/bin/jekyll:23:in `load'
from ~/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1/bin/jekyll:23:in `<main>'
from ~/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `eval'
from ~/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `<main>'

Answer 1

You normally should be able to use static files in collection but there is a jekyll-redirect 0.6.2 bug (ticket is here).
Workarounds
1. use Github pages configuration
If you plan to serve your site from Github pages, you will need to add a Gemfile with
source 'https://rubygems.org'
gem 'github-pages'
Then do a bundle update. This will resolve the problem as Jekyll-redirect 0.3.1 doesn't try to make redirect for collections.
2. Move your static files
Move your static files out of your collection folder to avoid the bug with collections static files.
3. Remove redirect plugin
If you don't need it or need it just for one or two pages, remove it from you Gemfile and craft needed redirect page by copying redirect pages.