grunt-jekyll

grunt-jekyll

Compile Jekyll sites with Grunt.

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.0 and Jekyll >= v1.0.0.

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide which explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process you may install this plugin with the command:

npm install grunt-jekyll --save-dev

After the plugin has been installed, load it in your Gruntfile with:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-jekyll');

Jekyll task

Run this task with the grunt jekyll command.

This task helps you compile your Jekyll static site with Grunt.js.

Options

You can use all of the configuration options available in the Jekyll Documentation, as well as some special options provided by this plugin.

src

Type: string Default: .

Directory where Jekyll will read files.

dest

Type: string Default: ./_site

Directory where Jekyll will write files.

watch

Type: boolean Default: false

Regenerate the site when files are modified. If you are running multiple watch tasks in a project you should use grunt-contrib-watch instead.

serve

Type: boolean Default: false

Build the site and start a development server. If false, the site is built with the build command.

If you are running a Jekyll version greater than 1.0, you'll want to use this, as server is deprecated.

See Upgrading Jekyll Documentation

server

Type: boolean Default: false

Build the site and start a development server. If false, the site is built with the build command. For complex projects you may want to use grunt-contrib-connect instead.

doctor

Type: boolean
Default: false

Test your site for common errors and deprecated code. Ignores all other options except src, config, and bundleExec.

config

Type: string Default: _config.yml

Specify a custom configuration file. Multiple files separated by a comma will cascade right to left.

raw

Type: string

Create a temporary _config.yml with the contents of raw. This config file has greater precedence than the files in config.

safe

Type: boolean Default: false

Disables custom plugins.

plugins

Type: string Default: ./_plugins

Specify a plugins directory.

layouts

Type: string Default: ./_layouts

Specify a layouts directory.

drafts

Type: boolean Default: false

Process and render draft posts.

future

Type: boolean Default: false

Publishes posts with a future date.

lsi

Type: boolean Default: false

Produce an index for related posts.

limit_posts

Type: number

Limit the number of posts to parse and publish.

port

Type: string or number

Listen on the given port (requires server).

host

Type: string

Listen at the given hostname (requires server).

baseurl

Type: string

Serve the website from the given base URL (requires server).

bundleExec

Type: boolean Default: false

Run jekyll with bundle exec.

Usage examples

Follow this grunt.js example to get started with grunt-jekyll right away.

Example config

grunt.initConfig({
  jekyll: {                   			// Task
  	options: {							// Universal options
        bundleExec: true,
        src : '<%= app %>'
  	},
    dist: { 	                		// Target
      options: {	           			// Target options
    	dest: '<%= dist %>',
		config: '_config.yml,_config.build.yml'
      }
    },
    serve: {                   			// Another target
      options: {
        dest: '.jekyll',
        drafts: true
      }
    }
  }
});

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-jekyll');

grunt.registerTask('default', ['jshint', 'jekyll']);

Example usage

Use the raw option

grunt.initConfig({
  jekyll: {
    dist: {
      options: {
        config: '_config.yml'.
        // Construct a string with JavaScript.
        // Remember, in YAML line breaks and indentation matter.
		raw: 'pygments: false\n' +
			 'exclude: [\'development\']\n' +
			 'author:\n' +
             '  name: ' + fetchAuthor() + '\n' +
             '  email: ' + fetchEmail()
        }
    }
  }
});

Changelog

v0.4.0: Added setup for tests.

v0.3.9: Consolidating branches and bumping version #.

v0.3.8: Added robwierzbowski's raw option and other PRs.

v0.3.6:

• Reviewed Jekyll source and updated plugin with new flags.
• Reviewed and warned about deprecated flags.
• Updated documentation to match flag updates. (Rewritten as a list)

v0.3.3: Updated link in documentation. Added to-do list.

v0.3.2: Added option to select config file. Removed deprecated --pygments option flag. Bugfixes.

v0.3.0: Update for Jekyll 1.0

v0.2.1: Fixed destination path option.

v0.2.0: Updated README with better options. Options are more flexible.

v0.1.6: Updated README with better example.

v0.1.0: Initial Release.

MIT License

grunt-jekyll is freely distributable under the terms of the MIT license.

Copyright (c) 2012, Danny Garcia. All rights reserved.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.