git clone https://github.com/stevengghp/mm-github-pages-starter.git
cd mm-github-pages-starter
mm-github-pages-starter$ bundle exec jekyll serve --open-url --livereload
Configuration file: /home/steveng/mm-github-pages-starter/_config.yml
Source: /home/steveng/mm-github-pages-starter
Destination: /home/steveng/mm-github-pages-starter/_site
Incremental build: disabled. Enable with --incremental
Generating...
Remote Theme: Using theme mmistakes/minimal-mistakes
Jekyll Feed: Generating feed for posts
GitHub Metadata: No GitHub API authentication could be found. Some fields may be missing or have incorrect data.
done in 23.457 seconds.
/home/steveng/gems/gems/pathutil-0.16.2/lib/pathutil.rb:502: warning: Using the last argument as keyword parameters is deprecated
Auto-regeneration: enabled for '/home/steveng/mm-github-pages-starter'
LiveReload address: http://127.0.0.1:35729
Server address: http://127.0.0.1:4000
warning: Using the last argument as keyword parameters is deprecated
mm-github-pages-starter$ bundle exec jekyll serve --open-url --livereload
Configuration file: /home/steveng/mm-github-pages-starter/_config.yml
Source: /home/steveng/mm-github-pages-starter
Destination: /home/steveng/mm-github-pages-starter/_site
Incremental build: disabled. Enable with --incremental
Generating...
Remote Theme: Using theme mmistakes/minimal-mistakes
Jekyll Feed: Generating feed for posts
GitHub Metadata: No GitHub API authentication could be found. Some fields may be missing or have incorrect data.
done in 22.897 seconds.
/home/steveng/gems/gems/pathutil-0.16.2/lib/pathutil.rb:502: warning: Using the last argument as keyword parameters is deprecated
Auto-regeneration: enabled for '/home/steveng/mm-github-pages-starter'
LiveReload address: http://127.0.0.1:35729
Server address: http://127.0.0.1:4000
Server running... press ctrl-c to stop.
LiveReload: Browser connected
[2022-03-29 18:42:17] ERROR `/favicon.ico' not found.
See this thread. It’s a warning you get when building locally if some keys aren’t present in your _config.yml.
I wouldn’t worry too much about it as GitHub adds these values when you push the repo up and they build/host the site. It’s only really a concern when building locally to test.