Is it me or --cleanDestinationDir ceased to worked on Mac OS?

regis · September 2, 2021, 7:30pm

I’m on Mac OS 11.5.2 (20G95)

Might be some permission change in Mac OS…

jmooring · September 2, 2021, 8:39pm

Maybe…

github.com/gohugoio/hugo

cleanDestinationDir in the config file is ignored sometimes

opened 07:42AM - 18 Apr 21 UTC

Kzer-Za

Bug

`hugo v0.81.0+extended linux/amd64 BuildDate=unknown` Specifically, it seems …to be ignored if you have never used this option from CLI. After installing Hugo I just put `cleanDestinationDir: true` in config.yaml of the site I'm trying to make. However, the command `hugo` never deleted any directories or files that were becoming obsolete. For example, I first built the site with the default taxonomies, but later decided that I didn't need them, so I disabled them with ``` disableKinds: - taxonomy - term ``` However, after running `hugo` the directories "tags" and "categories" were still in "public". The same was the case with obsolete files/directories in "content". Only after I have commented the option `cleanDestinationDir: true` in the config.yaml and ran `hugo --cleanDestinationDir` from the command line did Hugo build the "public" directory without the obsolete files/directories. After that, to test the issue, I uncommented the line in the config and ran just `hugo`. But now the option in config is working and the obsolete files are deleted from "public" as they should. It's like something has been initialized by running `hugo --cleanDestinationDir` once.

regis · September 2, 2021, 8:48pm

Of course I did not look in the issues before posting…

Thanks!

system · September 4, 2021, 8:49pm

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Is it me or --cleanDestinationDir ceased to worked on Mac OS?

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