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GitHub Pages now runs Jekyll 3.2

As promised, GitHub Pages has been upgraded to Jekyll 3.2. The move to Jekyll 3.2 brings over 100 improvements including the introduction of Gem-based themes. You can begin using the…

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As promised, GitHub Pages has been upgraded to Jekyll 3.2. The move to Jekyll 3.2 brings over 100 improvements including the introduction of Gem-based themes.

You can begin using the Minima theme, starting today, by adding theme: minima to your site’s config, a move which eliminates the need to manually copy templates or stylesheets into your repo. While Minima is the only theme supported today, we’re working to make more themes available for use on GitHub Pages. Check out the GitHub help documentation for more information on adding a theme to your GitHub Pages site.

This should be a seamless transition for all GitHub Pages users, but if you have a particularly complex Jekyll site, we encourage you to get in touch with us. For more information on these changes, see the Jekyll changelog.

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Ben Balter

Ben Balter

@benbalter

Ben Balter is Chief of Staff for Security at GitHub, the world’s largest software development platform. Previously, as a Staff Technical Program manager for Enterprise and Compliance, Ben managed GitHub’s on-premises and SaaS enterprise offerings, and as the Senior Product Manager overseeing the platform’s Trust and Safety efforts, Ben shipped more than 500 features in support of community management, privacy, compliance, content moderation, product security, platform health, and open source workflows to ensure the GitHub community and platform remained safe, secure, and welcoming for all software developers. Before joining GitHub’s Product team, Ben served as GitHub’s Government Evangelist, leading the efforts to encourage more than 2,000 government organizations across 75 countries to adopt open source philosophies for code, data, and policy development.

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