The sources of this blog are tracked in a git repository hosted on GitHub. The editable content is kept in the default branch main, while the static pages built by Hugo are stored in the gh-pages branch. The GitHub Pages hosting service is configured to use the content of gh-pages as a source.
The process to build and publish a website with Hugo, explained in a previous blog post, requires several manual steps.
+ Hugo is a static website generator written in Go. This is a framework that helps to quickly and efficiently build a website from templates, themes and markdown content.
In this blog post, I will demonstrate how to build a static website with Hugo and publish it to GitHub Pages. This post does not cover the initialization of the GitHub Pages which is documented here.
Initial Setup of the Website There are several ways to install Hugo, which depend on your operating system.
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