Add an option to bundle all external dependencies

[srfsh]

Some people might not prefer to have external dependencies on their websites. I think this is truly a great future to have. So I thought I should raise this. What are your opinions about it?

[louxyy]

Which dependency are you thinking of ?

[ElastiCourse]

Excuse the late reply.

The ones that depend on external services, as mentioned. There exists a dependency on jsdelivr.net, for instance.

@FarisZR built this amazing script for that https://github.com/FarisZR/Hugo-stack-no-cdn

Reference original issue: #263

[FarisZR]

Thanks for the mention, however I'm not sure if it's still up-to-date or not.
I'm still using it on my site though

[srfsh]

@FarisZR built this amazing script for that https://github.com/FarisZR/Hugo-stack-no-cdn

Reference original issue: #263

I couldn't figure out how would one use this. Is there a manual of some sort?

[ElastiCourse]

@FarisZR built this amazing script for that https://github.com/FarisZR/Hugo-stack-no-cdn
Reference original issue: #263

I couldn't figure out how would one use this. Is there a manual of some sort?

This setup is using Github actions for automating the process. If you are using Github to host your blog code, you can use this feature for free to run automation pipelines in your repo.

If you are looking for an easy way to implement this, without having to go through this automation process, here are the steps:

1. Download the hugo-stack-no-cdn files as ZIP here https://github.com/FarisZR/Hugo-stack-no-cdn/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
2. Extract the ZIP file
3. Copy both data and static folders into your blog home folder, you should be asked if you want to override external.yaml, choose Yes.
4. Generate your new blog using hugo --gc --minify command, or trigger a deploy using whatever service you are setup with (Netlify, Github pages, Vercel.. etc)

[FarisZR]

There is a much easier way, Hugo modules, just add it to your config file and then hugo mod get -u