Include development info and re-shuffle home/about pages

Gemfile

@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ gem 'github-pages', group: :jekyll_plugins
 
 # gem "webrick", "~> 1.7" # N.B. we may not want to fix this Gemfile to Ruby 3
 gem "webrick"
+gem 'jekyll-redirect-from'

README.md

@@ -11,6 +11,25 @@
 
 - These pages are intended to be edited collaboratively (i.e., it is an alternative to us having a wiki, but one that is edited entirely via Git pushes).
 
+  You could also send your changes as patches by email to Christian Couder < <[email protected]> > / Kaartic Sivaraam < <[email protected]> > (and feel free to cc [email protected] if appropriate).
+
+
+### Development
+
+If you wish to spin up the site locally, you could follow the steps below.
+
+* Make sure you've got ruby2 with dev-packages installed
+* `sudo gem install bundler`
+* Clone this repo
+* `sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev` # [
+  [ref](http://www.nokogiri.org/tutorials/installing_nokogiri.html#ubuntu___debian)
+  ]
+* `bundle install`
+* `bundle exec jekyll serve`
+* browse the site on http://localhost:4000
+
+Based on https://help.github.com/articles/using-jekyll-with-pages/
+
 
 <br>
 

_config.yml

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 name: Git Developer Pages
 permalink: /rev_news/:year/:month/:day/:title/
+plugins:
+  - jekyll-redirect-from

_includes/README.md

@@ -1,41 +1,22 @@
-# About Git Developer Pages
-
-This is a website to help Git Developers.
-
-It is NOT a place to discuss Git issues. Please see
-[git-scm.org's community page](https://git-scm.com/community)
-for information about bug reporting or interacting with the
-community.
-
-The pages are maintained by editing files in the
-[git/git.github.io](https://github.com/git/git.github.io) repository on
-GitHub. It is then published on the
-[https://git.github.io](https://git.github.io) GitHub page.
-
-It is meant to be edited collaboratively like a wiki, except that
-instead of a web form, you get to use a text editor and Git. What could
-be better?
-
-These pages also host the [Git Rev News](https://git.github.io/rev_news/),
-see the [About Git Rev News](https://git.github.io/rev_news/rev_news/) page.
-
-If you want push access, contact Christian Couder
-< <[email protected]> > or Taylor Blau < <[email protected]> > and
-provide your GitHub username. You may also send patches by mail (and
-feel free to cc [email protected] if appropriate).
-
-
-# Development
-
-* Make sure you've got ruby2 with dev-packages installed
-* `sudo gem install bundler`
-* Clone this repo
-* `sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev` # ref [1]
-* `bundle install`
-* `bundle exec jekyll serve`
-* browse the site on http://localhost:4000
-
-Based on https://help.github.com/articles/using-jekyll-with-pages/
-
-[1] http://www.nokogiri.org/tutorials/installing_nokogiri.html#ubuntu___debian
-
+This is a website for information on Git development. If you stumbled into this
+by mistake, you may want:
+  - Information on running Git and links to download the latest version from
+    [HERE](https://git-scm.com/)
+  - Wiki that has historically contained developer information from
+    [HERE](https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page)
+
+These pages are intended to collect information useful to Git developers. This
+is also the web home of:
+  - the [Hacking Git](https://git.github.io/Hacking-Git/) page,
+  - the [Git Rev News newsletter](https://git.github.io/rev_news/),
+  - the [involvement of the Git project in mentoring
+    programs](https://git.github.io/General-Application-Information/) like
+    [Outreachy](https://www.outreachy.org/) and the [GSoC (Google Summer of
+    Code)](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/)
+
+These pages are intended to be edited collaboratively (i.e., it is an
+alternative to us having a wiki, but one that is edited entirely via Git pushes.
+The [repository](https://github.com/git/git.github.io) could be found on GitHub.
+You could also send your changes as patches by email to Christian Couder <
+<[email protected]> > / Kaartic Sivaraam < <[email protected]> >
+(and feel free to cc [email protected] if appropriate).

_includes/navbar.html

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <div id="navbar" class="navbar">
   <ul>
     <li><a href="/">Home</a>
-    <li><a href="/about">About</a>
     {% for node in site.pages reversed %}
       {% if node.navbar != false and node.title %}
       <li><a href="{{node.url}}">{{node.title}}</a>

about.html

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+permalink: /about
+redirect_to:
+  - /
+---
+
+<!-- Used to exist but most information was just redundant to the homepage. So, redirect. -->

index.md

@@ -6,24 +6,4 @@ navbar: false
 
 # {{ page.title }}
 
-This is a website for information on Git development. If you
-stumbled into this by mistake, you may want:
-
-  - <http://git-scm.com>, which has information on running
-    Git and links to download the latest version
-
-  - <http://git.wiki.kernel.org>, the wiki that has historically
-    contained developer information
-
-These pages are intended to collect information useful to Git
-developers. This is also the web home of:
-
-  - the [Hacking Git](https://git.github.io/Hacking-Git/) page,
-  - the [Git Rev News newsletter](https://git.github.io/rev_news/),
-  - the [involvement of the Git project in mentoring programs](https://git.github.io/General-Application-Information/)
-    like [Outreachy](https://www.outreachy.org/) and the
-    [GSoC (Google Summer of Code)](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/)
-
-These pages are intended to be edited collaboratively (i.e., it is an
-alternative to us having a wiki, but one that is edited entirely via Git
-pushes).
+{% include README.md %}