install the blogdown package.

• build website : blogdown::build_site() : This will create a folder named public in the repository
• start server : blogdown::serve_site()
• stop server : blogdown::stop_server()

hugo server -D

The location of the personal website in my drive is C:/Hugo/Sites/personal-website

• Check the repository origin : "git remote -v" (if the head directs to some other repo other than "personal-website", git remote add origin )
• initialize the repository : "git init"
• update the local repository : "git pull"
• add the local files : "git add ." (public folder will not be added as it is ignored in gitignore)
• commit the local files : "git commit -m "Commit message""
• push the files to the repo : "git push origin master"

cd public

• Check the repository origin : "git remote -v" (if the head directs to some other repo other than "srisadhan.github.io", "git remote add origin " and then "git remote set-url origin ")
• initialize the repository : "git init"
• update the local repository : "git pull" (if this does not work, do "git pull origin master --allow-unrelated-histories")
• add the local files : "git add ." (public folder will not be added as it is ignored in gitignore)
• commit the local files : "git commit -m "Commit message""
• push the files to the repo : "git push origin master "

Sometimes the "git pull" or "git pull origin master --allow-unrelated-histories" might not work. In such situations, it is okay to force the local repository to the github repository.

• Check the repository origin : "git remote -v"
• initialize the repository : "git init"
• add the local files : "git add ." (public folder will not be added as it is ignored in gitignore)
• commit the local files : "git commit -m "Commit message""
• push the files to the repo : "git push --force origin master "