WARNING: both index.* and _index.* files, pick one

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I am getting the following warning:

$ hugo server
Start building sites …
WARN 2021/04/07 11:51:50 Content directory "/Users/dan/dev/mcneel/rhino3d.com/content/en/reseller" have both index.* and _index.* files, pick one.

My reseller section contains an _index.md branch page:

$ ls -al content/en/reseller/
total 32
drwxr-xr-x  11 dan  staff    352 Jan 20 12:58 .
drwxr-xr-x  34 dan  staff   1088 Mar  3 08:32 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 dan  staff   2708 Jan  8 15:26 _index.md
drwxr-xr-x   3 dan  staff     96 Jan  8 15:24 as
drwxr-xr-x   3 dan  staff     96 Jan  8 15:24 emea
drwxr-xr-x  20 dan  staff    640 Jan  7 16:25 graphics
drwxr-xr-x   3 dan  staff     96 Jan  8 15:24 la
drwxr-xr-x   3 dan  staff     96 Jan  8 15:24 na
drwxr-xr-x   3 dan  staff     96 Jan  8 15:24 pa
drwxr-xr-x  37 dan  staff   1184 Jan 20 12:58 support

Each of the subsections contains a leaf bundle with an index.md. For example:

$ ls -al content/en/reseller/as
total 8
drwxr-xr-x   3 dan  staff    96 Jan  8 15:24 .
drwxr-xr-x  11 dan  staff   352 Jan 20 12:58 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 dan  staff  2613 Jan  8 15:25 index.md

I have verified that none of the child leaf bundles have an branch file…

$ pwd
/Users/dan/dev/mcneel/rhino3d.com/content/en/reseller
$ find . -name _index.md -type f
./_index.md
$ find . -name index.md -type f
./na/index.md
./emea/index.md
./pa/index.md
./as/index.md
./graphics/index.md
./la/index.md

I’m using this exact same pattern in numerous sections of my site but, for some reason, only this particular reseller section is producing this warning.

I’m confused.

I’m running v0.81.0:

$ hugo version
hugo v0.81.0+extended darwin/amd64 BuildDate=unknown
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Any chance I could clone the repo?

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Sorry, unfortunately not. I’d be happy to send the subsection if that helps.

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Bisect your content to narrow it down. Remove half of the directories, test, rinse, repeat.

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Ah yes, I forgot to mention that I had already tried a bisect without luck. Good idea though…unless you are referring to all the files in the entire site. I haven’t gone that far yet.

But this is mildly interesting/maddening…if I delete all the content in that section, leaving only the reseller/_index.md file, I still get the same warning. (NOTE: I’m running a git clean -dxf between tests to make sure that all build artifacts are flushed).

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Just for grins, run hugo --path-warnings.

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Ah ha! That pointed toward the culprit…

WARN 2021/04/07 12:52:32 Duplicate target paths: /Users/dan/dev/mcneel/rhino3d.com/public/en/docs/guides/modeling/projects/modeling-pen/pen_kyle_thumbnail_hu398a738ddb5cf5fcbf06a396c7b24dec_5742_800x450_fill_q75_box_center.jpg (2), /Users/dan/dev/mcneel/rhino3d.com/public/en/docs/guides/modeling/projects/modeling-toaster/toaster_kyle_thumbnail_hu35b344fec3521ee61efea4dfafa7e0f5_312441_800x450_fill_q75_box_center.jpg (2), /Users/dan/dev/mcneel/rhino3d.com/public/en/docs/guides/modeling/rhino-7-getting-started/chair_huc28032dd2d97a00bd6b5cb7cb5a7d34f_67958_800x450_fill_q75_box_center.jpg (2), /Users/dan/dev/mcneel/rhino3d.com/public/en/docs/guides/modeling/rhino-7-getting-started2/table-chairs_hu43a397dd4d4213963f7c1a3779c9af93_32179_800x450_fill_q75_box_center.jpg (2), /Users/dan/dev/mcneel/rhino3d.com/public/en/docs/guides/modeling/rhino-continuity-surfaces/blendsrf-25_hu2d508c1a1bbc4d58766aa36988393d93_39106_800x450_fill_box_center_2.png (2), /Users/dan/dev/mcneel/rhino3d.com/public/en/docs/guides/modeling/rhino-deformation/flow_ring-20_hu18e3e52424a210606c5efa9ff0dead4e_22960_800x450_fill_box_center_2.png (2), /Users/dan/dev/mcneel/rhino3d.com/public/en/docs/guides/modeling/rhino-edit-curves-surfaces/split_surfaces-003_hua95d100e7eb8427cb9b4284f595bac10_14242_800x450_fill_box_center_2.png (2), /Users/dan/dev/mcneel/rhino3d.com/public/en/docs/guides/modeling/rhino-modeling-history/softbox_hu73763fbcca417bfeaa85813af3a03891_15337_800x450_fill_box_center_2.png (2), /Users/dan/dev/mcneel/rhino3d.com/public/en/docs/guides/modeling/rhino-nurbs-topology/trimmednurbs-06_hu90518cfc1b027beb4beee5e2a418e1f1_31646_800x450_fill_box_center_2.png (2), /Users/dan/dev/mcneel/rhino3d.com/public/en/docs/guides/modeling/rhino-scoop/scoop-46_hucc9e6d7baefda99992ae1ae2df1534b0_18012_800x450_fill_box_center_2.png (2), /Users/dan/dev/mcneel/rhino3d.com/public/en/docs/guides/modeling/rhino-text-dimensions/dim-001_300x225_hu60a72ef26fac053cfc80663f715f4104_10745_800x450_fill_box_center_2.png (2), /Users/dan/dev/mcneel/rhino3d.com/public/en/docs/guides/modeling/rhino-windows-interface-introduction/rhinologothumbnail_hu1a10b93b09939b1f0bcfd900bf980944_18190_800x450_fill_q75_box_center.jpg (2), /Users/dan/dev/mcneel/rhino3d.com/public/ru/reseller/index.html (2)
Total in 9350 ms

(yep, no line breaks.) But the last one was:

/Users/dan/dev/mcneel/rhino3d.com/public/ru/reseller/index.html (2)

When I deleted that file, the warning went away.

I wonder why that localized content would cause this warning.

Thanks for the help @jmooring!

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