It’s clear that template lookup order is something people struggle with ( 1 , 2 , etc.) — me included! I think there’s two main problems: The docs are unclear; they provide examples but there’s no way to really figure out what Hugo considers a list or a “page” or a “type” or a “section” without deep…

[image] 9999years: I’d imagine it being used as something like hugo lookup content/section/xxx.md or hugo render content/section/xxx.md, and it would print out the templates being looked up It’s a good idea, but it’s hard to execute. “hugo lookup content/section/xxx.md” would be contextual an…

[image] bep: I think you really need to understand a few of the basic concepts to really enjoy Hugo: list pages, regular pages, type and section and layout should get you far. +1 So in my debug theme, I print those in top-left of each page… sample site . Then navigate different pages like hom…

[image] bep: hugo lookup content/section/xxx.md would be contextual and that is not enough information to give one answer. What other information is needed to determine lookup order, other than config.toml? [image] bep: The examples in the docs are actually auto-generated. So they are co…

I guess I have the advantage of arriving at Hugo via a number of other generators. So actually, I’ve found much of Hugo’s layout to be more obvious than, lets say Jekyll or Hexo. But you are certainly correct in saying that, for beginners, the many possible layouts and the differences between them …

Perhaps this helps: [image] My experiences with Hugo's template lookup order tips & tricks I just want to share some of my experiences by testing the lookup order for templates. I tested these and wrote them down the same time. Nevertheless I could be wrong in some cases. …

[image] 9999years: What other information is needed to determine lookup order, other than config.toml? bep: There isn’t a 1:1 mapping, that is my main point. We could add a command, but that would be too much work for little. We all have different needs in this department. I have no proble…

Yes, I certainly agree that an event logger would be useful. A subcommand would be nice but obviously isn’t critical. Is #4481 the issue you were talking about? If you can narrow down what format you’d like the log to have I’d be happy to help contribute.

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