github-essentials

🎓 GitHub Essentials

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Setup and Installation

1. Install bundle gem gem install bundler
2. Create Gemfile with github-pages gem dependency
3. Run bundle install --path .vendor/bundle

Jekyll was installed as a dependency.
Check whether Jekyll was correctly installed by running bundle exec jekyll

Gemfile

source 'https://rubygems.org'
gem 'github-pages'

Create new Static Site

1. Create new Jekyll site in empty folder bundle exec jekyll new initdir
2. Copy new site to root directory mv initdir/{.,}* .
3. Remove temp folder rmdir initdir
4. Install dependencies bundle install

Build the site locally bundle exec jekyll serve --watch
Site is running on http://localhost:4000