A sample blog page that demonstrates the accessing of github meta data.

What does Github-MetaData do?

  • Propagates the site.github namespace with repository metadata
  • Setting site variables :
    • site.title
    • site.description
    • site.url
    • site.baseurl
  • Accessing the metadata - duh.
  • Generating edittable links.

Additional Reading

  • If you’re recieving incorrect/missing data, you may need to perform a Github API authentication.
  • Go through this README for more details on the topic.
  • This page highlights all the feilds you can access with github-metadata.

Example MetaData

  • Host Name : github.com
  • URL : https://github.com/pages/avivrosenberg/avivrosenberg.github.io
  • BaseURL : /pages/avivrosenberg/avivrosenberg.github.io
  • Archived : false

  • Contributors :

    • alshedivat

    • avivrosenberg

    • samfearn

    • monkeywithacupcake

    • adunning

    • g-oikonomou

    • junghans

    • pourmand1376

    • rohandebsarkar

    • dag7dev

    • AbstractGeek

    • akindofyoga

    • ziruizhuang

    • huyen-nguyen

    • mvdoc

    • neerajgangwar

    • swabhs

    • jkmacc-LANL

    • afonsocraposo

    • DSoko2

    • Edsuns

    • ivanpuhachov

    • jasongfleischer

    • jmrplens

    • JulianStreyczek

    • kdefombelle

    • krrish94

    • LoryPack

    • maikwoehl

    • mpmdean

    • kakodkar

    • Niweera

    • pazz

    • adib2149

    • sahirbhatnagar

    • seanpquinn

    • sdaza

    • shpark

    • stevenrick

    • tdsimao

    • tresoldi

    • zhxchd

    • Ireneruru

    • yoonholee

    • zrqiao

    • nicholasphair

    • zt-chen