Another GitHub Actions Update - Using Deploy Keys Instead Of Personal Access Tokens

Constraining the Github Actions Deployment Key to the Repo instead of the Account

 Posted on December 10, 2021  |  6 minutes  |  1167 words

When I restarted my blogging journey in 2020, I switched from Jekyll to Hugo hosted in GitHub pages. It’s been a relatively painless journey, and kudos to GitHub as a rock-solid hosting provider. I’ve covered it before (Initial Setup and First Update), but I’ve been incredibly happy with private-to-public publishing workflow that allows me to keep drafts and work-in-progress hidden. That said, a recent comment gave me reason to make another update to the Workflow. [Read More]
GitHub  Actions  Hugo 

Updated GitHub Actions to Publish Hugo Site From Private to Public Repo

Still keeping half-baked ideas and drafts private!

 Posted on February 13, 2021  |  4 minutes  |  744 words

When I restarted my blogging journey last year, I went with Hugo to generate a static website hosted as a GitHub Pages site. As mentioned, Blogger and WordPress always suffered recurring problems, and maintenance with WordPress still turned into a time suck due to its complexity. By comparison, GitHub has been a nearly painless hosting provider, and the way I’ve configured it has allowed me to keep drafts hidden by staging in a private repository. [Read More]
GitHub  Actions  Hugo 

Using GitHub Actions to Publish Hugo Site From Private to Public Repo

Keeping ideas and drafts private until they're fully baked

 Posted on August 14, 2020  |  5 minutes  |  980 words

I restarted my blogging journey earlier this year when I started looking into Jekyll Hugo to generate a static website. I had past experience with Blogger and Wordpress, but frankly had periodic problems with both platforms that ended up being a time suck. As it has been, Hugo has been a simplistic publishing method and GitHub a reliable (and FREE) hosting provider. Yet, my desire to keep my drafts private (. [Read More]
GitHub  Actions  Hugo