jekyll-hardlinks

Jekyll copies static files and duplicates storage use. Hard links point to the same file instead of making copies, thus saving storage.

This plugin only works on file systems that support hard links. It will fallback to copying files if you're generating the site in another filesystem, since cross-filesystem hard links aren't possible.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'jekyll-hardlinks'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install jekyll-hardlinks

Usage

Add early on your _config.yml:

plugins:
- jekyll-hardlinks

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on 0xacab.org at https://0xacab.org/sutty/jekyll/jekyll-hardlinks. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Sutty code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as free software under the terms of the GPL3 License.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the jekyll-hardlinks project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.