Reverse the lookup order of partials

[rsolvang]

I'm not sure if this is a bug or the intended behavior, but the current lookup order is that files (in the partials/ folder) are overriding inline partials. This behavior is a major hindrance in my pursuit of building a dynamic Theme Component (child theme).

A short summary of what I try to achieve: to make it possible to override parts of the Theme Component as needed, with great granularity. The code for my Theme Component can be viewed here: https://git.sr.ht/~rsolvang/cloudless-hugo-theme/tree/partials/item/layouts/_default/baseof.html

The solution would be to reverse the lookup order so that inline partials overrides partial files, not the other way around.

EDIT: Also see the discussion on the forum. @jmooring showed me that removing the suffix (.html) when calling and defining partials, fixed the issue. The question I have now is how much of a hack this is and if this behavior is at risk of changing in future versions of Hugo.

EDIT2: Seems like the workaround crashes Hugo in certain situations. Have a look at the thread in the forum for further details.

[jmooring]

EDIT2: Seems like the workaround crashes Hugo in certain situations. Have a look at the thread in the forum for further details.

No, it does not. The error you experienced is unrelated.

[rsolvang]

No, it does not. The error you experienced is unrelated.

Thanks for testing and finding out that this error is unrelated to your workaround. I'm not sure where to go from here in the pursuit of a working solution though.

[bep]

I agree, we should fix this, this was not intended.

So, removing the suffix effectively makes 2 partials with the same base name. But that will not work if the file in /partials also is suffix-less. We do lookup without suffix first, and I don't see us ever change that (that would break sites all around).

[jmooring]

@rsolvang

I'm not sure where to go from here in the pursuit of a working solution though.

Please continue this portion of the discussion at:
https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/reversing-lookup-order-of-partials-inline-and-files/34885

[rsolvang]

I agree, we should fix this, this was not intended.

Is it the lookup order of partials you are referring to, or the way suffixes are handled? I did discover that I might have made some erroneous assumptions on how inline partials behave, which I have explained further in the forum.

[bep]

Is it the lookup order of partials you are referring to, or the way suffixes are handled?

Lookup order.