Demystifying the GitHub Actions Workflow for Our Hugo Blog

After a bit of a journey, we’ve landed on a stable GitHub Actions workflow to automatically build and deploy our Hugo blog with the PaperMod theme to GitHub Pages. This post breaks down the key components and versions used, so you can replicate this success or understand what makes it tick! Workflow Structure Overview Our workflow, defined in .github/workflows/hugo.yml, uses a single job named deploy. This job handles everything from checking out the code to deploying the final built site. ...

June 2, 2025 · 3 min