Configure modules

Configure modules.

Top-level options

This is the default configuration:

module:
  noProxy: none
  noVendor: ""
  private: '*.*'
  proxy: direct
  vendorClosest: false
  workspace: "off"

[module]
  noProxy = 'none'
  noVendor = ''
  private = '*.*'
  proxy = 'direct'
  vendorClosest = false
  workspace = 'off'

{
   "module": {
      "noProxy": "none",
      "noVendor": "",
      "private": "*.*",
      "proxy": "direct",
      "vendorClosest": false,
      "workspace": "off"
   }
}

auth

New in v0.144.0

(string) Configures GOAUTH when running the Go command for module operations. This is a semicolon-separated list of authentication commands for go-import and HTTPS module mirror interactions. This is useful for private repositories. See go help goauth for more information.

noProxy

(string) A comma-separated list of glob patterns matching paths that should not use the configured proxy server.

noVendor

(string) A glob pattern matching module paths to skip when vendoring.

private

(string) A comma-separated list of glob patterns matching paths that should be treated as private.

proxy

(string) The proxy server to use to download remote modules. Default is direct, which means git clone and similar.

replacements

(string) Primarily useful for local module development, a comma-separated list of mappings from module paths to directories. Paths may be absolute or relative to the themesDir.

module:
  replacements: github.com/bep/my-theme -> ../..,github.com/bep/shortcodes -> /some/path

[module]
  replacements = 'github.com/bep/my-theme -> ../..,github.com/bep/shortcodes -> /some/path'

{
   "module": {
      "replacements": "github.com/bep/my-theme -\u003e ../..,github.com/bep/shortcodes -\u003e /some/path"
   }
}

vendorClosest

(bool) Whether to pick the vendored module closest to the module using it. The default behavior is to pick the first. Note that there can still be only one dependency of a given module path, so once it is in use it cannot be redefined. Default is false.

workspace

(string) The Go workspace file to use, either as an absolute path or a path relative to the current working directory. Enabling this activates Go workspace mode and requires Go 1.18 or later. The default is off.

You may also use environment variables to set any of the above. For example:

export HUGO_MODULE_PROXY="https://proxy.example.org"
export HUGO_MODULE_REPLACEMENTS="github.com/bep/my-theme -> ../.."
export HUGO_MODULE_WORKSPACE="/my/hugo.work"

Go Modules

Most of the commands for Hugo Modules require a newer version (>= 1.18) of Go installed (see https://golang.org/dl/) and the relevant VCS client (e.g. Git, see https://git-scm.com/downloads/ ). If you have an “older” site running on Netlify, you may have to set GO_VERSION to 1.19 or newer in your Environment settings.

For more information about Go Modules, see:

Hugo version

You can specify a required Hugo version for your module in the module section. Users will then receive a warning if their Hugo version is incompatible.

This is the default configuration:

module:
  hugoVersion:
    extended: false
    max: ""
    min: ""

[module]
  [module.hugoVersion]
    extended = false
    max = ''
    min = ''

{
   "module": {
      "hugoVersion": {
         "extended": false,
         "max": "",
         "min": ""
      }
   }
}

You can omit any of the settings above.

extended: (bool) Whether the extended edition of Hugo is required, satisfied by installing either the extended or extended/deploy edition.
max: (string) The maximum Hugo version supported, for example 0.143.0.
min: (string) The minimum Hugo version supported, for example 0.123.0.

Imports

module:
  imports:
  - disable: false
    ignoreConfig: false
    ignoreImports: false
    path: github.com/gohugoio/hugoTestModules1_linux/modh1_2_1v
  - path: my-shortcodes

[module]
  [[module.imports]]
    disable = false
    ignoreConfig = false
    ignoreImports = false
    path = 'github.com/gohugoio/hugoTestModules1_linux/modh1_2_1v'
  [[module.imports]]
    path = 'my-shortcodes'

{
   "module": {
      "imports": [
         {
            "disable": false,
            "ignoreConfig": false,
            "ignoreImports": false,
            "path": "github.com/gohugoio/hugoTestModules1_linux/modh1_2_1v"
         },
         {
            "path": "my-shortcodes"
         }
      ]
   }
}

disable: (bool) Whether to disable the module but keep version information in the go.* files. Default is false.
ignoreConfig: (bool) Whether to ignore module configuration files, for example, hugo.toml. This will also prevent loading of any transitive module dependencies. Default is false.
ignoreImports: (bool) Whether to ignore module imports. Default is false.
noMounts: (bool) Whether to disable directory mounting for this import. Default is false.
noVendor: (bool) Whether to disable vendoring for this import. This setting is restricted to the main project. Default is false.
path: (string) The module path, either a valid Go module path (e.g., github.com/gohugoio/myShortcodes) or the directory name if stored in the themesDir.

Go Modules

For more information about Go Modules, see:

Mounts

Before Hugo v0.56.0, custom component paths could only be configured by setting archetypeDir, assetDir, contentDir, dataDir, i18nDir, layoutDi, or staticDir in the site configuration. Module mounts offer greater flexibility than these legacy settings, but you cannot use both.

If you use module mounts do not use the legacy settings.

Default mounts

Adding a new mount to a target root will cause the existing default mount for that root to be ignored. If you still need the default mount, you must explicitly add it along with the new mount.

The are the default mounts:

module:
  mounts:
  - disableWatch: false
    excludeFiles: null
    includeFiles: null
    lang: ""
    source: content
    target: content
  - disableWatch: false
    excludeFiles: null
    includeFiles: null
    lang: ""
    source: data
    target: data
  - disableWatch: false
    excludeFiles: null
    includeFiles: null
    lang: ""
    source: layouts
    target: layouts
  - disableWatch: false
    excludeFiles: null
    includeFiles: null
    lang: ""
    source: i18n
    target: i18n
  - disableWatch: false
    excludeFiles: null
    includeFiles: null
    lang: ""
    source: archetypes
    target: archetypes
  - disableWatch: false
    excludeFiles: null
    includeFiles: null
    lang: ""
    source: assets
    target: assets
  - disableWatch: false
    excludeFiles: null
    includeFiles: null
    lang: ""
    source: static
    target: static

[module]
  [[module.mounts]]
    disableWatch = false
    lang = ''
    source = 'content'
    target = 'content'
  [[module.mounts]]
    disableWatch = false
    lang = ''
    source = 'data'
    target = 'data'
  [[module.mounts]]
    disableWatch = false
    lang = ''
    source = 'layouts'
    target = 'layouts'
  [[module.mounts]]
    disableWatch = false
    lang = ''
    source = 'i18n'
    target = 'i18n'
  [[module.mounts]]
    disableWatch = false
    lang = ''
    source = 'archetypes'
    target = 'archetypes'
  [[module.mounts]]
    disableWatch = false
    lang = ''
    source = 'assets'
    target = 'assets'
  [[module.mounts]]
    disableWatch = false
    lang = ''
    source = 'static'
    target = 'static'

{
   "module": {
      "mounts": [
         {
            "disableWatch": false,
            "excludeFiles": null,
            "includeFiles": null,
            "lang": "",
            "source": "content",
            "target": "content"
         },
         {
            "disableWatch": false,
            "excludeFiles": null,
            "includeFiles": null,
            "lang": "",
            "source": "data",
            "target": "data"
         },
         {
            "disableWatch": false,
            "excludeFiles": null,
            "includeFiles": null,
            "lang": "",
            "source": "layouts",
            "target": "layouts"
         },
         {
            "disableWatch": false,
            "excludeFiles": null,
            "includeFiles": null,
            "lang": "",
            "source": "i18n",
            "target": "i18n"
         },
         {
            "disableWatch": false,
            "excludeFiles": null,
            "includeFiles": null,
            "lang": "",
            "source": "archetypes",
            "target": "archetypes"
         },
         {
            "disableWatch": false,
            "excludeFiles": null,
            "includeFiles": null,
            "lang": "",
            "source": "assets",
            "target": "assets"
         },
         {
            "disableWatch": false,
            "excludeFiles": null,
            "includeFiles": null,
            "lang": "",
            "source": "static",
            "target": "static"
         }
      ]
   }
}

source: (string) The source directory of the mount. For the main project, this can be either project-relative or absolute. For other modules it must be project-relative.
target: (string) Where the mount will reside within Hugo’s virtual file system. It must begin with one of Hugo’s component directories: archetypes, assets, content, data, i18n, layouts, or static. For example, content/blog.
disableWatch: New in v0.128.0; (bool) Whether to disable watching in watch mode for this mount. Default is false.
lang: (string) The language code, e.g. “en”. Relevant for content mounts, and static mounts when in multihost mode.
includeFiles: (string or []string) One or more glob patterns matching files or directories to include. If excludeFiles is not set, the files matching includeFiles will be the files mounted.
The glob patterns are matched against file names relative to the source root. Use Unix-style forward slashes (/), even on Windows. A single forward slash (/) matches the mount root, and double asterisks (**) act as a recursive wildcard, matching all directories and files beneath a given point (e.g., /posts/**.jpg). The search is case-insensitive.
excludeFiles: (string or []string) One or more glob patterns matching files to exclude.

Example

module:
  mounts:
  - excludeFiles: docs/*
    source: content
    target: content
  - source: node_modules
    target: assets
  - source: assets
    target: assets

[module]
  [[module.mounts]]
    excludeFiles = 'docs/*'
    source = 'content'
    target = 'content'
  [[module.mounts]]
    source = 'node_modules'
    target = 'assets'
  [[module.mounts]]
    source = 'assets'
    target = 'assets'

{
   "module": {
      "mounts": [
         {
            "excludeFiles": "docs/*",
            "source": "content",
            "target": "content"
         },
         {
            "source": "node_modules",
            "target": "assets"
         },
         {
            "source": "assets",
            "target": "assets"
         }
      ]
   }
}

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