From 6c4a1bf00ed3ec0fa9508b53b3e7cd19e5da6166 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Lee Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 22:22:12 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Docs: Quickstart - added documentation about the `--force` option if directory is not empty --- site/_docs/quickstart.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/site/_docs/quickstart.md b/site/_docs/quickstart.md index d8ad5511..8f5ffe8a 100644 --- a/site/_docs/quickstart.md +++ b/site/_docs/quickstart.md @@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ For the impatient, here's how to get a boilerplate Jekyll site up and running. # => Now browse to http://localhost:4000 {% endhighlight %} -If you wish to install jekyll into the current directory, you can do so by -alternatively running `jekyll new .` instead of a new directory name. +If you wish to install jekyll into an existing directory, you can do so by +alternatively running `jekyll new .` from within the directory instead of creating a new one. If the existing directory isn't empty, you'll also have to pass the `--force` option like so `jekyll new . --force`. That's nothing, though. The real magic happens when you start creating blog posts, using the front matter to control templates and layouts, and taking