Sedum is a static site generator written in Rust. It can be used locally or with a service like Netlify to generate websites on the fly.
Usage
Local
Prerequisites
You must have rust and cargo installed and available on the path.
Setup
- Run
git clone https://github.com/ellygaytor/Sedum.git
- Prepend the appropriate yaml to your markdown files (prepending and appending
---
) (optional):
- title
- description
- language
- author
- list
('True' or 'False')
Generation
- Run
cargo run [source] [result]
, setting the source directory and the directory you want the generated files to be placed in.
Netlify
File Based
- Add
netlify.toml
to your git repository
- Change the build command and publish directory to fit your needs (optional)
- Prepend the appropriate yaml to your markdown files (prepending and appending ---) (optional)
Manual
Setup
- Set your build command to
wget -N https://github.com/ellygaytor/Sedum/releases/latest/download/sedum && chmod +x sedum && ./sedum [source] [result]
, setting the source directory and the directory you want the generated files to be placed in.
- Set your publish directory to
[result]
that you chose in step one.
- Prepend the appropriate yaml to your markdown files (prepending and appending
---
) (optional):
- title
- description
- language
- author
- list
('True' or 'False')
Generation
- Place your markdown files in
[source]
that you set in step one of setup
- Push the changes, and Netlify will automatically download the latest version of Sedum, and generate the files.
Options:
Option |
Usage |
Description |
-t or —timestamp |
… -t … |
Add a timestamp (in seconds since epoch) in a comment to the generated HTML |
-m or -metadata |
… -m … |
Generate a metadata file in the target directory that specifies the time at generation, operating system, and version of Sedum |
Dynamic Replace:
Usage |
Description |
|LIST| |
Insert a HTML list of files with list enabled |
|TIMESTAMP| |
Insert the number of seconds since the epoch |
|COPYRIGHT| |
Insert a copyright notice for the author of the page or the default author in settings . |
Settings File:
The settings file is placed in the source directory, and uses YAML.
Usage |
Description |
default_author |
The default author to be used if not set in the page options |