Error creating new post content as described in the Quick Start guide

[leandro]

I have just started exploring Hugo. I have installed the latest version 0.24 on Mac with El Captain.

As per here: https://gohugo.io/overview/quickstart/

I am told to run this command:

hugo new post/good-to-great.md
however it gives this error:

Error: open : no such file or directory
I am running it from the root of the Hugo site as instructed.

Am I doing something wrong, or is the Quick Start guide out of date for this version of Hugo? Thanks.

This is my directory structure:
.
├── archetypes
├── config.toml
├── content
├── data
├── layouts
├── static
└── themes

[marinintim]

Hi, I just ran into the same problem. You need to install some theme first.

[budparr]

I don’t think that’s entirely accurate. I don’t think it’s documented, but the minimum requirement would be at least a default archetype.

So, in your archetype folder create a file called default.md and put, at least:

---
title: ""
date: ""
---

[budparr]

Note that this issue may be being dealt with here: https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/3626

[leandro]

I installed the theme and the problem continues

[budparr]

@leandro Can you verify that the theme has a default or post archetype, and provide a link to the theme, or your repo?

[rdwatters]

Throwing in what I believe to be the related issue:

Issue: hugo new fails when no archetype files

[aj-th]

@leandro @rdwatters

All-
I had the exact same issue. I hope the following helps in some way:

Root Cause: archetypes folder DOES NOT contain a default.md folder IF YOU follow the documentation. You have to create one manually.

@leandro:
Navigate to:
Hugo/Sites/example.com/archetypes
Use your text editor to create file called: default.md
Copy paste the following into the file:

title:"“
date:”"

save as default.md
close/minimize text editor

now run the command: hugo new post/good-to-great.md and that should resolve your issue.

Hope to hear some good news soon!

[leandro]

Yeah! It works!

[leandro]

Exactly! Thanks.

[aj-th]

Awesome! Glad to hear.

[aragard]

Use this code in default.md to get the date and title generated automatically:

+++
title = "{{ replace .TranslationBaseName “-” " " | title }}"
date = {{ .Date }}
draft = true
+++

cheers!