commands: Fail the build when no config file or config dir

Fixes #11019
gohugoio · May 27, 2023 · 273d9f6 · 273d9f6
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diff --git a/commands/hugobuilder.go b/commands/hugobuilder.go
@@ -1019,6 +1019,10 @@ func (c *hugoBuilder) loadConfig(cd *simplecobra.Commandeer, running bool) error
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if len(conf.configs.LoadingInfo.ConfigFiles) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("Unable to locate config file or config directory. Perhaps you need to create a new site.\nRun `hugo help new` for details.")
+	}
+
 	c.conf = conf
 	if c.onConfigLoaded != nil {
 		if err := c.onConfigLoaded(false); err != nil {

diff --git a/testscripts/commands/hugo__configdir.txt b/testscripts/commands/hugo__configdir.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+hugo
+! stderr .
+
+-- config/_default/hugo.toml --
+baseURL = "https://example.com/"
diff --git a/testscripts/commands/hugo__flags.txt b/testscripts/commands/hugo__flags.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ grep '<body>Home' newpublic/index.html
 hugo --quiet
 ! stdout .
 
+-- hugo.toml --
+title = "Hugo Test"
 -- myconfig.toml --
 baseURL = "http://example.org/"
 disableKinds = ["RSS", "sitemap", "robotsTXT", "404", "taxonomy", "term"]

diff --git a/testscripts/commands/hugo__noconfig.txt b/testscripts/commands/hugo__noconfig.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+
+! hugo
+
+stderr 'Unable to locate config file or config directory'