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 runni…

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

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: "" ---

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

I installed the theme and the problem continues

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

Throwing in what I believe to be the related issue: [image] Issue: hugo new fails when no archetype files opened by jinleileiking on 2017-06-22 closed by bep on 2017-06-22 ➜ bookshelf git:(master) ✗ hugo new post/axxxx.md -v INFO 2017/06/22 13:15:16 Using config file: INF…

@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 …

Awesome! Glad to hear. :sunglasses:

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leandro June 23, 2017, 12:29pm 10

Exactly! Thanks.

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