If I have multiple themes and I want to include a partial using a full path, can I do that?

I can copy things into ./layouts then. Bit of a bummer though.

I’ll elaborate just a bit, just in case anyone else finds their way to this thread. I’ve found a few cases where there is a partial in a theme I’d like to use. I was considering adding a couple submodules to my themes directory, then using {{ partial "[path]" }} in my layouts to reference those sni…

[image] ryanburnette: I can copy things into ./layouts then. Bit of a bummer though. You asked me a very specific question. We should probably improve on this, but if you have a theme with a partial with the same name as yours, yoy could mount the theme’s partial folder into some other folde…

Sym linking is a good idea. Thanks.

Nope. Stop right there. I feel like you don’t see one prime thing about themes in Hugo. You probably are using the theme configuration parameter. Look at themes instead. You can combine themes and overwrite partials by using the same name. I am sure you understood that in another thread where I re…

I do understand that. If I found a theme with a partial I wanted to use and I added it to the themes array, I might end up using more than just the partial I actually want. I think it’s simplest just to copy things into ./layouts, which is effectively no different than making themes: ['theme', 'cus…

Yep. In this whole system the only issue I encountered is when the theme is updated. I like to use “meld” ( https://meldmerge.org/ ) to check for changes between files and folders. It’s showing nicely what is changed and you can decide what change to take over to your version of the theme file.

Include partial using full path

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bep June 9, 2020, 6:15pm 2

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Include partial using full path

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