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

Redcarpet is integrated integrated into Jekyll by default and code highlighting will function as expected.

For older Jekyll blogs:

1. Install redcarpet gem:

   gem install redcarpet

2. Update _config.yaml

   markdown: redcarpet
   

For reference and further info see:

Closed Github Issue

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