This is a simple shell script for building a Jekyll site and deploying it to GitHub. If you prefer to build your site locally and push up the resulting files, this makes that possible with a single command.

Requirements

• I'm assuming you're using Git and Jekyll. If not, then you're in the wrong place. This script will not install those things for you.
• You need to have a repository on GitHub for these Pages.
• Your Git remote has to be set. git push origin master needs a place to go.

To use it

• Keep your Jekyll source files in a branch called source.
• Have Jekyll send your resulting files to the _site folder. This is the default, so just don't mess with it.
• Commit changes to your source files. Currently, this script requires that your working directory is clean when it runs.
• Run this script from the source directory.

Using the config file

• Put a file in your Pages repository called config.

• In that file, you can set the source branch and the destination branch for the Jekyll build.

• Format the config file like this:

  SOURCE: source-branch-name
  SITE: destination-branch-name

• The SOURCE: and SITE: part have to be there, you can change the names of the branches all you want.

• If you choose not to use a config file, the defaults will be source and master.

• If you DO have a config file, both lines must be there and must be filled in with branch names.

What it does

• Summons jekyll tmp_dir to build the site files to a temporary folder;
• Moves the contents of tmp_dir to the destination branch;
• Commits those changes in the destination branch;
• Pushes the source and destination branches to GitHub.

TODO

So so much.

• I want to add in more error handling.
• Move locations of some of the files. I actually use the ~/bin/blogdeploy/config-parser.sh path in there, which is dumb.
• Create an installation script. There are currently three .sh files that this uses. It would be cool to have a script/bootstrap command that would load all this stuff up in the right places so you don't have to worry about that crap.
• Right now, I suppress all output, but I'd like to generate some useful feedback. Just a ton of things.

Contributions are welcome!

• Just send me a Pull Request.