Hexo git to different computer

create a clean local hexo blog directory

install hexo first !

npm install hexo-cli -g

Initialize hexo folder

# hexo init FOLDER_NAME
hexo init hexolocal

Change “_config.yml”

url: https://username.github.io/
...

deploy:
type: git
repo: https://github.com/username/username.github.io
branch: master

Generate

# under hexo folder
hexo g

# view on the loclal
hexo s

Pull the Blog page repo & copy the local hexo files to a different working branch

git clone git@github.com:Pyrad/Pyrad.github.io.git
cd Pyrad.github.io
git pull

Create a new branch for hexo folder

# Create a new branch: hexo
git branch hexo
# Change to the new hexo branch for working !!!
git checkout hexo

Clean the branch

git rm -rf .

Copy all files inside the previous hexo folder here

cp -rf /path/to/hexolocal/.github .
cp -rf /path/to/hexolocal/scaffolds/ .
cp -rf /path/to/hexolocal/source/ .
cp -rf /path/to/hexolocal/themes/ .
cp -rf /path/to/hexolocal/.gitignore/ .
cp -rf /path/to/hexolocal/_config.*/ .
cp -rf /path/to/hexolocal/package.json/ .
cp -rf /path/to/hexolocal/package-lock.json/ .

git add .
git commit -m "create hexo branch for blog source files; Use this as the default working branch for blogging"
git push ### Should set up the upstream first

Regenerate the hexo file modules

cnpm install
cnpm install hexo-deployer-git --save

Try hexo

hexo -v
hexo g
hexo s