Jekyll on GitHub

Table of contents

• Gemfile for GitHub Pages
• Difference between jekyll serve
• Build the production

Gemfile for GitHub Pages

For more details on How to publish Jekyll site to GitHub Pages

1. Open Gemfile
2. Comment out # gem "jekyll", "~> 4.2.1"
3. Then add gem "github-pages", group: :jekyll_plugins, save
4. Done

Difference between jekyll serve

• jekyll serve
• bundler exec jekyll serve

When Gemfile contains gem "jekyll", "~> 4.2.1", you can run command jekyll serve.

When it’s using the Gemfile is ready for Github Pages, run command bundler exec jekyll serve for local development.

Build the production

• bundle exec jekyll build

This will generate _site in the project directory, so you can upload everything under this _site folder to serve static HTML files generated by jekyll.

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