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hugo new

hugo new

Create new content for your site

Synopsis

Create a new content file and automatically set the date and title. It will guess which kind of file to create based on the path provided.

You can also specify the kind with -k KIND.

If archetypes are provided in your theme or site, they will be used.

Ensure you run this within the root directory of your site.

hugo new [path] [flags]

Options

  -b, --baseURL string         hostname (and path) to the root, e.g. http://spf13.com/
  -D, --buildDrafts            include content marked as draft
  -E, --buildExpired           include expired content
  -F, --buildFuture            include content with publishdate in the future
      --cacheDir string        filesystem path to cache directory. Defaults: $TMPDIR/hugo_cache/
      --cleanDestinationDir    remove files from destination not found in static directories
  -c, --contentDir string      filesystem path to content directory
  -d, --destination string     filesystem path to write files to
      --disableKinds strings   disable different kind of pages (home, RSS etc.)
      --editor string          edit new content with this editor, if provided
      --enableGitInfo          add Git revision, date and author info to the pages
      --forceSyncStatic        copy all files when static is changed.
      --gc                     enable to run some cleanup tasks (remove unused cache files) after the build
  -h, --help                   help for new
      --i18n-warnings          print missing translations
      --ignoreCache            ignores the cache directory
  -k, --kind string            content type to create
  -l, --layoutDir string       filesystem path to layout directory
      --minify                 minify any supported output format (HTML, XML etc.)
      --noChmod                don't sync permission mode of files
      --noTimes                don't sync modification time of files
      --path-warnings          print warnings on duplicate target paths etc.
      --templateMetrics        display metrics about template executions
      --templateMetricsHints   calculate some improvement hints when combined with --templateMetrics
  -t, --theme strings          themes to use (located in /themes/THEMENAME/)
      --trace file             write trace to file (not useful in general)

Options inherited from parent commands

      --config string        config file (default is path/config.yaml|json|toml)
      --configDir string     config dir (default "config")
      --debug                debug output
  -e, --environment string   build environment
      --ignoreVendor         ignores any _vendor directory
      --log                  enable Logging
      --logFile string       log File path (if set, logging enabled automatically)
      --quiet                build in quiet mode
  -s, --source string        filesystem path to read files relative from
      --themesDir string     filesystem path to themes directory
  -v, --verbose              verbose output
      --verboseLog           verbose logging

SEE ALSO

  • hugo - hugo builds your site
  • hugo new site - Create a new site (skeleton)
  • hugo new theme - Create a new theme
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