hugo/README.md

# Hugo
A Fast and Flexible Static Site Generator built with love by [spf13](http://spf13.com) 
and [friends](http://github.com/spf13/hugo/graphs/contributors) in Go.

[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/spf13/hugo.png)](https://travis-ci.org/spf13/hugo)

## Overview

Hugo is a static site generator written in GoLang. It is optimized for
speed, easy use and configurability. Hugo takes a directory with content and
templates and renders them into a full html website.

Hugo makes use of markdown files with front matter for meta data.

A typical website of moderate size can be
rendered in a fraction of a second. A good rule of thumb is that Hugo
takes around 1 millisecond for each piece of content.

It is written to work well with any
kind of website including blogs, tumbles and docs.

**Complete documentation is available at [Hugo Documentation](http://hugo.spf13.com).**

# Getting Started

## Installing Hugo

Hugo is written in GoLang with support for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and OSX.

The latest release can be found at [hugo releases](https://github.com/spf13/hugo/releases).
We currently build for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and OS X for x64
and 386 architectures.

### Installing Hugo (binary)

Installation is very easy. Simply download the appropriate version for your
platform from [hugo releases](https://github.com/spf13/hugo/releases).
Once downloaded it can be run from anywhere. You don't need to install
it into a global location. This works well for shared hosts and other systems
where you don't have a privileged account.

Ideally you should install it somewhere in your path for easy use. `/usr/local/bin` 
is the most probable location.

*The Hugo executible has no external dependencies.*

### Installing from source

#### Dependencies

* Git
* Go 1.1+
* Mercurial
* Bazaar

#### Clone locally (for contributors):

    git clone https://github.com/spf13/hugo
    cd hugo
    go get

Because go expects all of your libraries to be found in either $GOROOT or $GOPATH,
it's helpful to symlink the project to one of the following paths:

 * ln -s /path/to/your/hugo $GOPATH/src/github.com/spf13/hugo
 * ln -s /path/to/your/hugo $GOROOT/src/pkg/github.com/spf13/hugo

#### Get directly from Github:

If you only want to build from source, it's even easier.

    go get github.com/spf13/hugo

#### Building Hugo

    cd /path/to/hugo
    go build -o hugo main.go
    mv hugo /usr/local/bin/

#### Running Hugo

    cd /path/to/hugo
    go install github.com/spf13/hugo/hugolibs
    go run main.go

#### Contribution Guidelines

We welcome your contributions.  To make the process as seamless as possible, we ask for the following:

* Go ahead and fork the project and make your changes.  We encourage pull requests to discuss code changes.
* When you're ready to create a pull request, be sure to:
		* Have test cases for the new code.  If you have questions about how to do it, please ask in your pull request.
 		* Squash your commits into a single commit.  `git rebase -i`.  It's okay to force update your pull request.  
		* Make sure go test ./... passes, and go build completes.  Our Travis CI loop will catch most things that are missing.  The exception, Windows.  We run on windows from time to time, but if you have access please check on a Windows machine too.

**Complete documentation is available at [Hugo Documentation](http://hugo.spf13.com).**