Update the Hugo binary

[salim-b]

hyas uses hugo-installer to fetch the Hugo binary for the proper platform and architecture. The Hugo version to fetch is configured in hyas' package.json under key otherDependencies.hugo:

https://github.com/gethyas/hyas/blob/e858a9ec337f4ee3dacd67d1e762fd05a6fbb340/package.json#L58-L60

In the Doks child theme, we could simply set that key in our main project's package.json to define the Hugo version to be used since the default postinstall command there was hugo-installer --version otherDependencies.hugo --extended --destination node_modules/.bin/hugo.

In the new approach where Doks is a theme for Hyas, it seems the Hugo version is not supposed to be altered by the user anymore since the default postinstall command now just copies over the Hugo version defined by the hyas package. Users who want to use a newer Hugo version have to wait for the hyas npm package to include that Hugo version. I think this is overly restrictive.

Any plans on changing this and allowing the user to define the Hugo version by default?

[h-enk]

Thanks for your input! Get back to you next Wednesday (when I'm back home).

[h-enk]

Any plans on changing this and allowing the user to define the Hugo version by default?

No, this is by (new) design — to guarantee you're always using a Hugo version that works with (id est is tested for) a specific Hyas version. I understand that this could be restrictive for some users. However, I'm planning to set up automated tests (and automated publishing) to keep things fairly easily up-to-date.

[salim-b]

Ok, I see. Thanks for the clarification.

Just for reference: Users who want to take control over the Hugo version in use can simply replace the postinstall command and add otherDependencies.hugo with the desired Hugo version in their site's main package.json:

{
  "scripts": {
    "postinstall": "shx rm -rf node_modules/.bin/hugo && hugo-installer --version otherDependencies.hugo --extended --destination node_modules/.bin/hugo"
  },
  "otherDependencies": {
    "hugo": "0.117.0"
  }
}

And execute npm run postinstall after changing the value of otherDependencies.hugo.

[h-enk]

Good addition — I will add that to the documentation (as an option)