A complete example of using Github to store and generate your latex resume. This is how I manage my resume and it has a lot of advantages. All are also free, even for private use. The core used components are latex, PDF, git, github, docker and circleci.
A version controlled resume that is both easy to track and modify over time, and easy to port to other systems. You can also optionally keep your resume private.
- Private: You can keep your resume in the cloud but still private if you don't want to tell the world your life story or your phone number.
- Latex: Creates pretty typography. Consistent output format. Focus on content over style.
- PDF: Universal document sharing format, generated with pdflatex
- git: Track changes to your resume over time and revert to previous versions
- Github: Free cloud storage of your resume and free private repository if you want to keep personal information less public
- Docker: Latex can require complex dependencies or sub packages if you don't use it daily. Docker codifies all these so you can easily regenerate the resume from nothing.
- CircleCI: Generate your PDF in a clean environment and store it as a build artifact.
Click the green "Use this template" button on Github to create your own copy of this repository. You can sign up for CircleCI for free with your github account. You also can host and build your resume privately for free.
If you want to keep your resume private, change your repository's visibility to private in Github.
You can find the resume output as a build artifact of circleci.
The latex output will generate for you and be stored as a build artifact of circleci. To generate it locally, if you already have all the latex dependencies, you can just use make.
make build
If you don't have latex installed exactly as required, then you can generate the resume with docker. The first run will take a long time to generate your Dockerfile, afterwards it will run very fast.
make docker_run
I like this template because it has little clutter. There are lots of resume templates in latex if you don't like the included one.
- https://www.overleaf.com/gallery/tagged/cv
- https://www.sharelatex.com/templates/cv-or-resume
- https://www.latextemplates.com/cat/curricula-vitae
If you use a new template, modify Dockerfile tlmgr install command to include any special packages
needed by your new template.
Feel free to open a github PR or issue if you would like to contribute!
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