Hi Hugo Community, Very excited about this project; first time poster, looking to learn more! During the following hello world example, hugo creates the resources directory. I’m not sure why. Example rm -rf * tree . 0 directories, 0 files mkdir content layouts touch config.yml echo hello world > …

[image] mbigras: What’s the absolute minimum that I need to put in that directory You don’t put anything there yourself, it’s where Hugo puts generated resources. For example, if you use image processing that’s where the processed images go. Also, playing with the awesome Hugo Pipes puts a …

It is, in short, a resource cache. I put it in the project (by default, there is a setting) to make it visible – you can commit parts or the whole directory to Git, if that fits your style. If you are theme author, you will most likely want to put the generated/fingerprinted resources as part of t…

[image] mbigras: What’s the point of this empty directory? See answer above for rationale. In many cases you will not need to keep generated files. If you’re using git you can prevent the generated files from accidental checkin by adding resources on its own line in your .gitignore file . If…

Why does hugo create the resources directory?

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Why does hugo create the resources directory?

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