# Jekyll Remote Theme

Jekyll plugin for building Jekyll sites with any public GitHub-hosted theme

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## Usage

1. Add the following to your Gemfile

  ```ruby
  gem "jekyll-remote-theme"
  ```

  and run `bundle install` to install the plugin

2. Add the following to your site's `_config.yml` to activate the plugin

  ```yml
  plugins:
    - jekyll-remote-theme
  ```
  Note: If you are using a Jekyll version less than 3.5.0, use the `gems` key instead of `plugins`.

3. Add the following to your site's `_config.yml` to choose your theme

  ```yml
  remote_theme: benbalter/retlab
  ```
or 1
  ```yml
  remote_theme: http[s]://github.<Enterprise>.com/benbalter/retlab
  ```
1 The codeload subdomain needs to be available on your github enterprise instance for this to work.

## Declaring your theme

Remote themes are specified by the `remote_theme` key in the site's config.

For public GitHub, remote themes must be in the form of `OWNER/REPOSITORY`, and must represent a public GitHub-hosted Jekyll theme. See [the Jekyll documentation](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/themes/) for more information on authoring a theme. Note that you do not need to upload the gem to RubyGems or include a `.gemspec` file.

You may also optionally specify a branch, tag, or commit to use by appending an `@` and the Git ref (e.g., `benbalter/retlab@v1.0.0` or `benbalter/retlab@develop`). If you don't specify a Git ref, the `HEAD` ref will be used.

For Enterprise GitHub, remote themes must be in the form of `http[s]://GITHUBHOST.com/OWNER/REPOSITORY`, and must represent a public (non-private repository) GitHub-hosted Jekyll theme. Other than requiring the fully qualified domain name of the enterprise GitHub instance, this works exactly the same as the public usage.

## Debugging

Adding `--verbose` to the `build` or `serve` command may provide additional information.
