version 1.7

jekylltools · jekylltools · commit b000f27af8fc · 2017-08-09T20:48:40.000-07:00
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ destination: /to-this-location/
 
 Set `canonical` to `true` to indicate the destination is the canonical URL for this redirect.
 
-**`external`** _(optional. defaults to false)_
-
-Set `external` to `true` if this redirect points to another domain.
-
 When using a sitemap generator, it is common to exclude all redirects from the sitemap. Usually this is done by adding `sitemap: false` as a front-matter variable.
 
 ## Examples
@@ -70,7 +66,6 @@ An example internal canonical redirect:
 permalink: /redirect-this-url/
 destination: /to-this-location/
 canonical: true
-external: false
 ---
 ```
 
@@ -81,7 +76,6 @@ An example external redirect:
 permalink: /leaving/
 destination: http://example.com/arriving
 canonical: false
-external: true
 ---
 ```
 
diff --git a/_layouts/redirect.html b/_layouts/redirect.html
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 ---
 # Jekyll layout to create URL redirects
 # https://github.com/jekylltools/jekyll-redirect-layout
-# v1.6
+# v1.7
 ---
-{%- if page.external == true -%}
-  {%- assign destination = page.destination -%}
-{%- else -%}
-  {%- assign destination = page.destination | absolute_url -%}
-{%- endif -%}
+{%- assign destination = page.destination | absolute_url -%}
 <!doctype html>
 <html>
   <head>
diff --git a/_redirects/external.html b/_redirects/external.html
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@
 permalink: /leaving/
 destination: http://example.com/arriving
 canonical: false
-external: true
 ---
diff --git a/_redirects/feed.html b/_redirects/feed.html
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@
 permalink: /feed/
 destination: /feed.xml
 canonical: true
-external: false
 ---
diff --git a/_redirects/page1.html b/_redirects/page1.html
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@
 permalink: /page1/
 destination: ''
 canonical: false
-external: false
 ---
