layout	title	date	description	tags	categories
post	a post with github metadata	2020-09-28 14:01:00 -0700	a quick run down on accessing github metadata.	metadata	sample-posts external-services

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.

Host Name : {{ site.github.hostname }}
URL : {{ site.github.url }}
BaseURL : {{ site.github.baseurl }}
Archived : {{ site.github.archived}}
Contributors : {% for contributor in site.github.contributors %}
- {{ contributor.login }} {% endfor %}