This Jekyll plugin allows to add draft status as article metadata, instead of moving files along directories.
To mark an article as draft, just add it to the front matter:
---
draft: true
layout: post
---
And if you build the site without the --drafts flags, Jekyll will skip
them.
Add it as soon as possible on the plugins array in _config.yml:
plugins:
- jekyll-drafts-as-metadata
- ...