jekyll auto compile all markdown files

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votes

I have multiple git repos that just contain markdown files. I want these to be separate and maintained purely as markdown.

Then I am pulling these in as submodules to my github pages repo and I want to compile them to HTML with a layout I specify.

I have tried various things like

defaults:
  -
    scope:
      path: "my-submodule1"
    values:
      layout: "my-submodule1-layout"

in my _config.yml (using jekyll serve)

However, these files never get compiled to HTML, just copied in as markdown files. It seems I am forced to include jekyll config stuff at the top of the markdown files to get them compiled.

Is it possible to have markdown files with no jekyll config in them compiled to html with a layout?

Thanks

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2 Answers

1
votes

Processing or not, that is the question ?

File with a front matter --> jekyll processing

File without front matter = static file --> just copied

The minimal front matter is :

---
---
0
votes

You can try this:

---
layout: null
---

Markdown content

But I'm not sure that's what you need to achieve what you want.