added a raw option to render_partial. Now you can import partials without having them parsed by the Liquid template parser

plugins/render_partial.rb

@@ -26,9 +26,14 @@ require 'pathname'
 module Jekyll
 
   class RenderPartialTag < Liquid::Tag
-    def initialize(tag_name, file, tokens)
+    def initialize(tag_name, markup, tokens)
+      @file = nil
+      @raw = false
+      if markup =~ /^(\S+)\s?(\w+)?/
+        @file = $1.strip
+        @raw = $2 == 'raw'
+      end
       super
-      @file = file.strip
     end
 
     def render(context)
@@ -45,6 +50,9 @@ module Jekyll
         if contents =~ /\A-{3}.+[^\A]-{3}\n(.+)/m
           contents = $1.lstrip
         end
+        if @raw
+          contents
+        else
           partial = Liquid::Template.parse(contents)
           context.stack do
             partial.render(context)
@@ -53,5 +61,6 @@ module Jekyll
       end
     end
   end
+end
 
 Liquid::Template.register_tag('render_partial', Jekyll::RenderPartialTag)