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WARhead
WARhead

Reputation: 691

Variables available when building static sites using jekyll and github pages

When building a website using github pages and jekyll, we can use variable like site.github.repository_name etc. Where these variables values are furnished by github pages when building the site. But I cannot find a comprehensive list of these variables in either documentation for github pages nor in pages about github pages in jekyll documentation.

I have already checked in

Upvotes: 5

Views: 677

Answers (1)

Mikhail Antonov
Mikhail Antonov

Reputation: 1367

GitHub Pages use some plugins that are enabled by default and cannot be disabled. One of them is jekyll-github-metadata.

Which, as stated in the description:

  • Propagates the site.github namespace with repository metadata
  • Sets site.title as the repository name, if none is set
  • Sets site.description as the repository tagline if none is set
  • Sets site.url as the GitHub Pages domain (cname or user domain), if none is set
  • Sets site.baseurl as the project name for project pages if none is set

site.github.repository_name comes from the repository metadata mentioned above, along with site.github.wiki_url and lots of other stuff.

Upvotes: 3

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