aliases:
- /tutorials/github_pages_blog/
author: Spencer Lyon
-lastmod: 2015-12-24
+lastmod: 2016-01-14
date: 2014-03-21
linktitle: Hosting on GitHub
toc: true
1. Create on GitHub `<your-project>-hugo` repository (it will host Hugo's content)
2. Create on GitHub `<username>.github.io` repository (it will host the `public` folder: the static website)
-2. `git clone <<your-project>-hugo-url> && cd <your-project>-hugo`
-3. Make your website work locally (`hugo server -t <yourtheme>`)
-4. Once you are happy with the results, <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> (kill server) and `rm -rf public` (don't worry, it can always be regenerated with `hugo -t <yourtheme>`)
-5. `git submodule add git@github.com:<username>/<username>.github.io.git public`
-6. Almost done: add a `deploy.sh` script to help you (and make it executable: `chmod +x deploy.sh`):
+3. `git clone <<your-project>-hugo-url> && cd <your-project>-hugo`
+4. Make your website work locally (`hugo server -t <yourtheme>`)
+5. Once you are happy with the results, <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> (kill server) and `rm -rf public` (don't worry, it can always be regenerated with `hugo -t <yourtheme>`)
+6. `git submodule add -b master git@github.com:<username>/<username>.github.io.git public`
+7. Almost done: add a `deploy.sh` script to help you (and make it executable: `chmod +x deploy.sh`):
```
#!/bin/bash