Syntax highlighting markdown code blocks in Jekyll (without using liquid tags)

Question

It seems like syntax highlighting in Jekyll is limited to using liquid tags and pygments like so:

{% highlight bash %}
cd ~
{% endhighlight %}

Answer 1

Step 1. Install Redcarpet.

gem install redcarpet

Step 2. Update the build settings in your _config.yaml like this.

# Build settings
#markdown: kramdown
markdown: redcarpet