The command to create a new Hugo post is: 1 hugo new <path to new content> Use an alias Using Powershell, you can use an alias to make this easier, here is the block of code we are going to use: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 function New-HugoPost { param ( [string]$PostName ) # UPDATE ME TO POINT TO YOUR BLOG PATH $blogPath = "c:\path\to\your\blog" set-location $blogPath & hugo.exe new "content\post\$PostName\index.md" -c $blogPath } Set-Alias nhp New-HugoPost This can be reloaded each time Powershell starts by editing your profile:

This is a summary of useful git config commands. Git settings exist in a hierachy, for Windows the default locations are: System wide - %programfiles%\Git\etc\gitconfig Global - %userprofile%.gitconfig Local to the repository - .git/config Common global properties These ones are recommended to be set after Git has been installed: git config --global user.name "your name" git config --global user.email [email protected] Overriding properties Settings lower in the hierachy override, so for example, if you need to use a different user name and email for a particular repository:

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