Ignoring docx files

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To my surprise, Hugo just rendered a bunch of docx files. I tried to add ignoreFiles = [ “\.docx$” ] to config.toml but it seems not to have any effect.

Am I doing something wrong? If not, Is there a workaround for this behaviour ?

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@brunoamaral Where are these files? In static/?

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They are located in the content directory.

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That’s probably why Hugo is processing them. Files in your /static folder are copied over directly…

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@rdwatters yes, I know that anything in /static is copied. These files are in the content/ directory and I tried to configure hugo not to process them with the setting mentioned.

In this setup, I can’t move or remove the docx files from their location, which is why I am trying to find a workaround.

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Hugo will only copy unknown files in /content, but ignoreFiles should work if you really want files in content that doesn’t belong there.

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Use correct TOML string formatting.

ignoreFiles = [ "\\.docx$" ]

# or use literal strings
ignoreFiles = [ '\.docx$' ]
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I am facing the same problem with hugo v0.89.4+extended darwin/amd64. Is there a solution available?

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You are responding to a five years old topic.

Please open a new topic that describes the problem you’re having.

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