This repository stores generated figures for Quarto websites as a git submodule, keeping the main content repository lightweight and fast to clone.
├── post-figures/
│ └── welcome/
│ └── example-plot-1.png
└── README.md
This repository is designed to be used as a git submodule in Quarto website projects. Figures are automatically generated here when Quarto documents are rendered with proper fig.path configuration.
In your main repository's Quarto documents, place the following in the document YAML:
knitr:
opts_chunk:
fig.path: ../../figures/post-figures/If you need to commit new figures:
# In the figures directory of your main repo
cd figures
git add .
git commit -m "Add figures for new blog post"
git push origin main
# Back in main repo, update the submodule pointer
cd ..
git add figures
git commit -m "Update figures submodule"
git push origin main- Main Website: demo-figure-quarto-website
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