Hugo: index vs. _index

I renamed ./content/about.md to ./content/index.md, and poof! … all tags gone, all blog postings gone.

What?!

It makes sense, if you think about it.

index.md is a special file, which automatically marks the directory it is in as a so-called “ leaf-bundle”, which then makes all the files and directories and all directories become “irrelevant” – a leaf bundle has no children.

So, what I actually wanted to do was to rename it to _index.md, which marks ./content as what it is – a branch bundle.

Or in short: don’t put index.md files in ./content. If you want to update your home page, use _index.md.

Sources:

• Add content and Front Matter to the Homepage (Hugo docs)
• What is the difference between _index.md and index.md? (Hugo forums)