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hugo — Template-based static site generator. Uses modules, components, and themes. Some subcommands such as

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Problem

How to use the hugo command: Template-based static site generator. Uses modules, components, and themes. Some subcommands such as server have their own usage documentation. More information: <https://gohugo.io/commands/>.

Solution

hugo — Template-based static site generator. Uses modules, components, and themes. Some subcommands such as server have their own usage documentation. More information: <https://gohugo.io/commands/>.

Create a new Hugo site:

hugo new site {{path/to/site}}

Create a new Hugo theme (themes may also be downloaded from <https://themes.gohugo.io/>):

hugo new theme {{theme_name}}

Create a new page:

hugo new {{section_name}}/{{page_name}}

Build a site to the public directory:

hugo

Build a site including pages that are marked as a "draft":

hugo {{[-D|--buildDrafts]}}

Build a site on your local IP:

hugo server --bind {{local_ip}} {{[-b|--baseURL]}} {{http://local_ip}}

Build a site to a given directory:

hugo {{[-d|--destination]}} {{path/to/destination}}

Build a site, start up a webserver to serve it, and automatically reload when pages are edited:

hugo server

Code Snippets

Create a new Hugo site

hugo new site {{path/to/site}}

Create a new Hugo theme (themes may also be downloaded from <https://themes.gohugo.io/>)

hugo new theme {{theme_name}}

Create a new page

hugo new {{section_name}}/{{page_name}}

Build a site to the `public` directory

hugo

Build a site including pages that are marked as a "draft"

hugo {{[-D|--buildDrafts]}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/hugo

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