Exclude files when building the site for upload

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1

Hi,

I’m wondering if there’s a way to exclude some files when bulding the site for upload by running

$ hugo --destination "/tmp/hugo_public" --cleanDestinationDir

In some page bundles, I have some data-files (JSON or CSV) that are needed to create the page, but shouldn’t be on the server.
Right now, I’m excluding them using a rsync-flag while uploading.

I tried using the mount option in my “hugo.toml”,

[module]
[[module.mounts]]
source = 'content'
target = 'content'
excludeFiles = ["**/*.json"]

but then the

.Page.Resources.Match “_data/*.json”

used in the page doesn’t find them anymore, too.

Is there a way or is using the rsync-flag the best option?

2

Other than the JSON/CSV files, are there any other page resources within the bundles (e.g., images, videos, etc.)?

3

Yes, there are - located in the same folder as the “index.md” - while the JSON/CSV-files are always located in the “_data”-subfolder within the bundle.

4

Since the build options publishresources parameter does not provide a file filter, I think you need to handle this post-build.

5

Thanks for the quick answer, then I keep excluding them while uploading.

6

Are the other files in the bundle referenced in Markdown? For example, if the other files in the bundle are images, do you reference every image in Markdown?

7

No, they aren’t. They are invoked with a custom shortcode.

8

Does the custom shortcode capture the page resource then call Permalink, RelPermalink, or Publish to publish it?

9

To display the image .RelPermalink is used.

10

OK, then you can use build options. See the second list item:

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11

Thanks again - I check if I use something that’s not linked with any of the methods mentioned above and give it a try!