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github: [Repository metadata]

For the content of the repository metadata object, see repository metadata on GitHub Pages.

Available repository metadata

The following sample information is exposed to Jekyll templates in the site.github namespace:

{
    "versions": {
        "jekyll": "1.5.1",
        "kramdown": "1.3.1",
        "liquid": "2.5.5",
        "maruku": "0.7.0",
        "rdiscount": "2.1.7",
        "redcarpet": "2.3.0",
        "RedCloth": "4.2.9",
        "jemoji": "0.1.0",
        "jekyll-mentions": "0.0.6",
        "jekyll-redirect-from": "0.3.1",
        "jekyll-sitemap": "0.2.0",
        "github-pages": "18",
        "ruby": "2.1.1"
    },
    "hostname": "github.com",
    "pages_hostname": "github.io",
    "api_url": "https://api.github.com",
    "environment": "dotcom",
    "public_repositories": [ Repository Objects ],
    "organization_members": [ User Objects ],
    "build_revision": "cbd866ebf142088896cbe71422b949de7f864bce",
    "project_title": "metadata-example",
    "project_tagline": "A GitHub Pages site to showcase repository metadata",
    "owner_name": "github",
    "owner_url": "https://github.com/github",
    "owner_gravatar_url": "https://github.com/github.png",
    "repository_url": "https://github.com/github/metadata-example",
    "repository_nwo": "github/metadata-example",
    "repository_name": "metadata-example",
    "zip_url": "https://github.com/github/metadata-example/zipball/gh-pages",
    "tar_url": "https://github.com/github/metadata-example/tarball/gh-pages",
    "clone_url": "https://github.com/github/metadata-example.git",
    "releases_url": "https://github.com/github/metadata-example/releases",
    "issues_url": "https://github.com/github/metadata-example/issues",
    "wiki_url": "https://github.com/github/metadata-example/wiki",
    "language": null,
    "is_user_page": false,
    "is_project_page": true,
    "show_downloads": true,
    "url": "http://username.github.io/metadata-example", // (or the CNAME)
    "contributors": [ User Objects ]
}

For more information on the contents of the repository and user objects, see the List organization repositories, Members list, and List contributors API endpoints.

Usage

Reference any of the above keys as you would any other site configuration value present in your _config.yml file, e.g., The project is called {{ site.github.project_title }}.

Configuration Overrides

We override the following _config.yml values, which you are unable to configure:

safe: true
lsi: false
source: your top-level directory